Southern modernist : Arthur Raper from the New Deal to the cold war / Louis Mazzari.

Author/creator Mazzari, Louis
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2006.
Description404 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesMaking the modern South
Making the modern South. ^A699439
Contents Introduction: "The adventure of American life to-day is in the South" -- Progress in Arcadia -- Modernism, chain gangs, and five-cent haircuts -- The strange case of the interracial commission -- The tragedy of lynching: "let's buy and read" -- Preface to peasantry: Old South versus New Deal in the Black belt of Georgia -- New Deal intermezzo: Brer Raper in the briar patch -- "The divine right of the common good" -- An American dilemma: "'human nature' is changeable" -- War and change: "is it coming this way now?" -- Tenants of the Almighty: "Uncle Sam is my shepherd" -- "But what is the American way?" -- Third world, cold war: "I wasn't going to play cloak-and-dagger" -- Back to the land.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 381-388) and index.
LCCN 2006009307
ISBN080713189X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807131893 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807131893

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Joyner General Stacks H59.R237 M39 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold