Sheldon Hackney: 3 books
by Sheldon Hackney
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Library of Alabama Classics
Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association
“In this excellent study of Alabama politics, Hackney deftly analyzes the leadership, following, and essential character of Populism and Progressivism during the period...
The Politics of Presidential Appointment
A Memoir of the Culture War
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Historian and former university president Sheldon Hackney recounts how he became an unwitting combatant in the Culture Wars when his nomination to become President Bill Clinton’s chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities came under fire from right-wing conservatives. Hackney meticulously...
Magnolias without Moonlight
The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The eleven ex-Confederate states continue to be thoroughly American and at the same time an exception to the national mainstream. The region's dual personality, how it came into being, and the purposes and interests it served is examined here, as well as its central role in the politics and culture...