In "Alabama Getaway" Allen Tullos explores the recent history of
one of the nation's most conservative states to reveal its
political imaginary--the public shape of power, popular imagery,
and individual opportunity.
From Alabama's largely ineffectual politicians to its miserly
support of education, health care, cultural institutions, and
social services, Tullos examines why the state appears to be stuck
in repetitive loops of uneven development and debilitating habits
of judgment. The state remains tied to fundamentalisms of religion,
race, gender, winner-take-all economics, and militarism enforced by
punitive and defensive responses to criticism. Tullos traces the
spectral legacy of George Wallace, ponders the roots of
anti-egalitarian political institutions and tax structures, and
challenges Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice's use of the civil
rights struggle to justify the war in Iraq. He also gives due
coverage to the state's black citizens who with a minority of
whites have sustained a movement for social justice and democratic
inclusion. As Alabama competes for cultural tourism and global
industries like auto manufacturing and biomedical research,
"Alabama Getaway" asks if the coming years will see a
transformation of the "Heart of Dixie."
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