Social and political history of the modern South. This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region's poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform.History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America. In a time when the nation's eyes have been focused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita onto the vulnerability and dire condition of poor people in the...
Social and political history of the modern South. This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider t...
Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know. It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s, Gordon E. Harvey traces the life and career of the man whose public service many still recall as the Golden Age of Florida politics. Askew rose to power on a wave of New South leadership that hoped to advance the Democratic Party beyond the...
Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but w...
