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Populism to Progressivism in Alabama First Edition, Edition
Contributor(s): Hackney, Sheldon (Author)
ISBN: 0817356509     ISBN-13: 9780817356507
Publisher: University Alabama Press
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
Dewey: 976.106
LCCN: 2010011140
Series: Library of Alabama Classics
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.20 lbs) 406 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Alabama
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Library of Alabama Classics

Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association

"In this excellent study of Alabama politics, Hackney deftly analyzes the leadership, following, and essential character of Populism and Progressivism during the period from 1890 to 1910. The work is exceptionally well written; it deals with the personal, social, and political intricacies involved; and it combines traditional and quantitative techniques with a clarity and imagination that should serve as a spur and a model for many future studies." - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

"Whatever the ultimate judgment on its conclusions may be, this is an important study and one that should stimulate additional research.
"Hackney has very skillfully integrated his quantitative findings and the results of more traditional research. In this respect the book should for some time be a prime exhibit of the utility of the 'new political history' and] we should receive Hackney's contribution with both gratitude and admiration." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Sheldon Hackney is a native Alabamian, and -- perhaps aptly -- the son-in-law of courageous Alabama progressives Virginia and Clifford Durr. A student of C. Vann Woodward at Yale, Hackney taught at Princeton University, served as president of Tulane University (1975-80) and the University of Pennsylvania (1981-1993). In 1993 he was appointed by President Clinton as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, where he served until 1997. After his NEH service he returned to the University of Pennsylvania as Boies Professor of United States History.