Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807848484 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. 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 end, however, the chance for significant transformation was squandered, Daniel argues. 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 tu
From Library Journal Life and labor in the South from the end of World War II to the Freedom Summer of 1964 have often been viewed as tranquil. Archives, Richmond Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Events of the turbulent 1960s finally forced the South to confront its "lost revolutions." Daniel has produced a provocative, well-written, and thoroughly researched cultural history of some of the forces the South has experienced on its road to modernity. Unfortunately, says Daniel, the revolutionary energ
"Excellent appraisal of the Southern paradox" according to Joe Brown. The 1950's South was both a time and a place of contradictions. On the one hand, there was a cultural revolution going on that fused both white and black musical tastes into one revolutionary music genre (rock 'n' roll) and a political revolution that went on (integration) which made the cultural achievements seem to pale in comparis. "He does tie things together pretty well." according to SeanD. An interesting account of a very important time in the South. I wish the author had spent a little more time on the music and cultural changes going on but that's really my only complaint. He does tie things together pretty well.. Five Stars Carefully researched, impartial, well written history of the American South from the "50s to the "70s.