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Alabama: A Bicentennial History (States and the Nation Series)

History

Hamilton, Virginia Van Der Veer

Americas

WW Norton & Co.

Alabama's is a story, believes author Virginia V. Hamilton, that bears scrutiny by Alabamians and outsiders alike if they would understand the present. Pause for a moment before a gallery of fading portraits, and you will sense the beginnings of Alabama's troubled history--homespun pioneers gripped by "Alabama fever," chained and manacled black people quietly awaiting a slave trader's order to move on, newly rich planters and iron barons holding tightly to the reins of power. You will also be caught in the tangled web of the South's past.

Alabama: A History (States & the Nation)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

W.W.Norton&Company

Hugo Black :The Alabama Years

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

Louisiana State University Press

This definitive biography of Lister Hill (1894-1984), who represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for forty-five years, is a study of the dilemma of a Deep South liberal. Hamilton questions whether his major contributions in education and health for all Americans were worth the political and personal sacrifices Hill was forced to make in order to maintain the support of his conservative supporters, most notably their opposition to civil rights legislation. Originally published in 1987. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Lister Hill: Statesman from the South (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

Leaders & Notable People

Univ of North Carolina Pr

Lister Hill: Statesman From the South

The University of North Carolina Press

Seeing Historic Alabama

Travel

Univ of Alabama Pr

Book by Hamilton, Dr. Virginia Van Der Veer

Hugo Black: The Alabama Years

Professionals & Academics

University Alabama Press

Useful. That word describes this book. Don't drive anywhere in this state without taking along this useful, handy guide. Originally published in 1982, Professor Hamilton's much acclaimed Seeing Historic Alabama: Fifteen Guided Tours was enthusiastically received around the state. Reviewers throughout Alabama praised her work, her artist's eye for landscape and architecture, as well as her "historian's devotion to fact and motorist's appreciation for specific directions." This praise extended beyond the state lines to publications in the greater Southeast, which recommend the volume to readers planning travel to or through Alabama. Hamilton and Matte's thoroughly revised and updated edition of Seeing Historic Alabama introduces readers to the history of Alabama by way of visits to the buildings and sites where historic events took place, from prehistoric time to the present. Its aim is to appeal to a wide range of readers and travelers--natives and residents of Alabama, students of all ages, newcomers to the state, and tourists. This guide offers tours arranged in geographical segments that can be taken in a few hours, in a day trip, or over the course of several days. A handy guide to keep at ready in the glove compartment for easy reference wherever you travel.

Seeing Historic Alabama: Fifteen Guided Tours

Matte, Jacqueline A.

Reared amid liberal intellectuals and writers in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Great Depression, the author anticipated that, like her Wellesley-educated mother, her destiny would be that of full-time wife and homemaker. Instead, World War II afforded her the opportunity to become a "girl reporter," a career hitherto closed to all but a few women. Her journalistic beat included not only Alabama but also Washington, D.C., the nation's nerve center. At war's end, instead of "retiring" as did most middle-class women, she continued her journalistic career and then successfully moved into another male fiefdom--the American professorate. 
Hamilton, in commentary interspersed throughout this collection of her essays and news stories, reflects on the major changes that have taken place in her native South during the course of the 20th century: a rural region becoming urbanized, Democrats emerging openly as Republicans, legal segregation giving way to educational and political segregation, and the virtual disappearance of white southern liberalism. 
On a personal level, Hamilton notes social mores of the early and mid-20th century that have become seriously endangered or have vanished from the American scene: virginal brides, lifelong marriages, serious reading, daily newspapers, train travel, and family pilgrimages to historic sites. 
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton is Professor of History Emerita from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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