{"product_id":"inside-alabama-harvey-h-jackson-iii-9780817350680","title":"Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the \"Heart of Dixie\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less critical of its shortcomings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e, as the title implies, gives Jackson's insider perspective on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama. With humor and candor, he explores the state's cultural, political, and economic development from prehistoric times to the dawning of the new millennium. Mound-builders, Hernando de Soto, William Bartram, Red Sticks, Andy Jackson, Bourbon Democrats, suffragettes, New Dealers, Hugo Black, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Rosa Parks all play colorful parts in this popular history. By focusing on state politics as the most accessible and tangible expression of these shaping forces, Jackson organizes the fourteen chapters chronologically, artfully explaining why the past is so important today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey H. Jackson III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817350683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817350680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fire Ant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.87d","brand":"Harvey H. Jackson III","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447792152831,"sku":"9780817350680","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c1da3ad-a04f-469a-9ed2-e5c258a59288.jpg?v=1777234845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inside-alabama-harvey-h-jackson-iii-9780817350680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}