Author: T. B. MillsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368722697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
A History of the North-Western Editorial Excursion to Arkansas
Author: T. B. MillsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368722697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
In Search of Sexual Health
Author: Elliott BowenPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438569
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Providing a richer, more complex understanding of a critical chapter in the history of sexually transmitted diseases, In Search of Sexual Health will prove valuable to historians of medicine, public health, and the environment, in addition to scholars of race, gender, sexuality.
Arkansas/Arkansaw
Author: Brooks BlevinsPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 161075042X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
What do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They’re all Arkansans. What do hillbillies, rednecks, slow trains, bare feet, moonshine, and double-wides have in common? For many in America these represent Arkansas more than any Arkansas success stories do. In 1931 H. L. Mencken described AR (not AK, folks) as the “apex of moronia.” While, in 1942 a Time magazine article said Arkansas had “developed a mass inferiority complex unique in American history.” Arkansas/Arkansaw is the first book to explain how Arkansas’s image began and how the popular culture stereotypes have been perpetuated and altered through succeeding generations. Brooks Blevins argues that the image has not always been a bad one. He discusses travel accounts, literature, radio programs, movies, and television shows that give a very positive image of the Natural State. From territorial accounts of the Creole inhabitants of the Mississippi River Valley to national derision of the state’s triple-wide governor’s mansion to Li’l Abner, the Beverly Hillbillies, and Slingblade, Blevins leads readers on an entertaining and insightful tour through more than two centuries of the idea of Arkansas. One discovers along the way how one state becomes simultaneously a punch line and a source of admiration for progressives and social critics alike. Winner, 2011 Ragsdale Award
Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association
Author: Arkansas Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Town and Country
Author: John GravesPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682261387
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A thoroughly researched and extensively documented look at race relations in Arkansas druing the forty years after the Civil War, Town and Country focuses on the gradual adjustment of black and white Arkansans to the new status of the freedman, in both society and law, after generations of practicing the racial etiquette of slavery. John Graves examines the influences of the established agrarian culture on the developing racial practices of the urban centers, where many blacks living in the towns were able to gain prominence as doctors, lawyers, successful entrepreneurs, and political leaders. Despite the tension, conflict, and disputes within and between the voice of the government and the voice of the people in an arduous journey toward compromise, Arkansas was one of the most progressive states during Reconstruction in desegregating its people. Town and Country makes a significant contribution to the history of the postwar South and its complex engagement with the race issue.
Publications
Author: Arkansas Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Source Books on American History
Author: L. C. HarperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Source Books on American History
Author: Lathrop C. HarperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Bibliotheca Americana, 1883
Author: Robert Clarke & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description