Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s

This sweeping work of cultural history explores a time of startling turbulence and change in the South,...
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Author: Pete Daniel
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Language: English
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Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s by Daniel, Pete

Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s

€88,09

Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s

€88,09
Author: Pete Daniel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This sweeping work of cultural history explores a time of startling turbulence and change in the South, years that have often been dismissed as placid and dull. In the wake of World War II, southerners anticipated a peaceful and prosperous future, but as Pete Daniel demonstrates, the road into the 1950s took some unexpected turns.

Daniel chronicles the myriad forces that turned the world southerners had known upside down in the postwar period. In chapters that explore such subjects as the civil rights movement, segregation, and school integration; the breakdown of traditional agriculture and the ensuing rural-urban migration; gay and lesbian life; and the emergence of rock 'n' roll music and stock car racing, as well as the triumph of working-class culture, he reveals that the 1950s South was a place with the potential for revolutionary change.

In the end, however, the chance for significant transformation was squandered, Daniel argues. One can only imagine how different southern history might have been if politicians, the press, the clergy, and local leaders had supported democratic reforms that bestowed full citizenship on African Americans--and how little would have been accomplished if a handful of blacks and whites had not taken risks to bring about the changes that did come.

Author: Pete Daniel
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 04/28/2000
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.13w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780807848487


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/2000 pg. 104
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1427
New York Times 08/20/2000 pg. 16
Choice 11/01/2000 pg. 594

About the Author
Daniel, Pete: - Pete Daniel is a curator in the Division of the History of Technology at the National Museum of American History.

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