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Main Street Oklahoma - Stories of Twentieth-Century America (Paperback)
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Main Street Oklahoma - Stories of Twentieth-Century America (Paperback)
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Oklahoma historian Angie Debo once observed that all the forces of
United States history have come to bear in the development of the
Sooner State. This collection of essays provides a series of
snapshots reflecting both the singularity of the Oklahoma
experience and the state's connections to America's broader
history.
Spanning the Civil War era and the present, this book develops
historic themes as varied as the causes of Indian land
dispossession, the Statehood Day wedding ceremony, the oil
industry's environmental impact, the Tulsa Race Riot, labor
relations during the New Deal, the failure of the Equal Rights
Amendment, the state's unique Native artistic traditions, and its
musical landscape.
Oklahomans have always represented multiple races and cultures,
lived in big cities or small towns or on farms, and promoted
prosperity and cultural achievement while battling poverty and
ignorance. The American Main Street has been the site not only of
the best principles of community spirit and traditional values but
also of shocking cases of prejudice and violence. Rather than
shrinking from difficult subjects, "Main Street Oklahoma "describes
the state's abundant human, natural, and cultural resources, paying
tribute to the true grit of Oklahomans, but also exploring some of
the more troubling moments in Oklahoma's past. The editors and
contributors provide engaging perspectives on the state's rich and
diverse history.
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