Defining the peace : World War II veterans, race, and the remaking of Southern political tradition / Jennifer E. Brooks.

Author/creator Brooks, Jennifer E.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxi, 256 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction : World War II veterans and the politics of postwar change in Georgia -- The ballot must be our weapon : Black veterans and the politics of racial change -- The question of majority rule : White veterans and the politics of progressive reform -- Is this what we fought the war for? union veterans and the politics of labor -- We are not radicals, neither are we reactionaries : good government, veterans and the politics of modernization -- Hitler is not dead but has found refuge in Georgia : the General Assembly of 1947 and the limits of progress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
LCCN 2004011780
ISBN0807829110 (alk. paper)
ISBN0807855782 (pbk. : alk. paper)