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A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama's history to celebrate the
state's bicentennial. Alabama: The History of a Deep South State,
Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the
state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated
to celebrate the state's bicentennial year, offers a detailed
survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in
Alabama's evolution. Organized chronologically and divided into
three main sections-the first concluding in 1865, the second in
1920, and the third bringing the story to the present-makes clear
and interprets the major events that occurred during Alabama's
history within the larger context of the South and the nation. Once
the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and
occupied by a number of European nations prior to becoming a
permanent part of the United States in 1819. A cotton and slave
state for more than half of the nineteenth century, Alabama seceded
in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America, and occupied an
uneasy and uncertain place in America's post-Civil War landscape.
Alabama's role in the twentieth century has been equally tumultuous
and dramatic. General readers as well as scholars will welcome this
up-to-date and scrupulously researched history of Alabama, which
examines such traditional subjects as politics, military history,
economics, race, and class. It contains essential accounts devoted
to Native Americans, women, and the environment, as well as
detailed coverage of health, education, organized labor, civil
rights, and the many cultural developments, from literature to
sport, that have enriched Alabama's history. The stories of
individual leaders, from politicians to creative artists, are also
highlighted. A key facet of this landmark historical narrative is
the strong emphasis placed on the common everyday people of
Alabama, those who have been rightly described as the "bone and
sinew" of the state.
A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama's history to celebrate the
state's bicentennial. Alabama: The History of a Deep South State,
Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the
state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated
to celebrate the state's bicentennial year, offers a detailed
survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in
Alabama's evolution. Organized chronologically and divided into
three main sections-the first concluding in 1865, the second in
1920, and the third bringing the story to the present-makes clear
and interprets the major events that occurred during Alabama's
history within the larger context of the South and the nation. Once
the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and
occupied by a number of European nations prior to becoming a
permanent part of the United States in 1819. A cotton and slave
state for more than half of the nineteenth century, Alabama seceded
in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America, and occupied an
uneasy and uncertain place in America's post-Civil War landscape.
Alabama's role in the twentieth century has been equally tumultuous
and dramatic. General readers as well as scholars will welcome this
up-to-date and scrupulously researched history of Alabama, which
examines such traditional subjects as politics, military history,
economics, race, and class. It contains essential accounts devoted
to Native Americans, women, and the environment, as well as
detailed coverage of health, education, organized labor, civil
rights, and the many cultural developments, from literature to
sport, that have enriched Alabama's history. The stories of
individual leaders, from politicians to creative artists, are also
highlighted. A key facet of this landmark historical narrative is
the strong emphasis placed on the common everyday people of
Alabama, those who have been rightly described as the "bone and
sinew" of the state.
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