Dividing Lines (e-bog) af J. Mills Thornton, Thornton

Dividing Lines e-bog

436,85 DKK (inkl. moms 546,06 DKK)
Presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots levelThornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities-Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders-independent of emerging nati...
E-bog 436,85 DKK
Forfattere J. Mills Thornton, Thornton (forfatter)
Udgivet 22 april 2011
Længde 752 sider
Genrer 1KBBSB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780817380984
Presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots levelThornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities-Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders-independent of emerging national trends in racial mores-led to the great swell of energy for change that became the civil rights movement.