{"product_id":"alabama-getaway-allen-tullos-9780820330488","title":"Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAlabama Getaway\u003c\/i\u003e Allen Tullos explores the recent history of one of the nation's most conservative states to reveal its political imaginary--the public shape of power, popular imagery, and individual opportunity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Alabama's largely ineffectual politicians to its miserly support of education, health care, cultural institutions, and social services, Tullos examines why the state appears to be stuck in repetitive loops of uneven development and debilitating habits of judgment. The state remains tied to fundamentalisms of religion, race, gender, winner-take-all economics, and militarism enforced by punitive and defensive responses to criticism. Tullos traces the spectral legacy of George Wallace, ponders the roots of anti-egalitarian political institutions and tax structures, and challenges Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice's use of the civil rights struggle to justify the war in Iraq. He also gives due coverage to the state's black citizens who with a minority of whites have sustained a movement for social justice and democratic inclusion. As Alabama competes for cultural tourism and global industries like auto manufacturing and biomedical research, \u003ci\u003eAlabama Getaway\u003c\/i\u003e asks if the coming years will see a transformation of the \"Heart of Dixie.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Tullos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820330485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820330488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Allen Tullos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059866628351,"sku":"9780820330488","price":120.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ebc6fc6-6c63-4332-84b2-b366fa3c961f.jpg?v=1685060780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alabama-getaway-allen-tullos-9780820330488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}