From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich by Dan T Carter
In this penetrating survey of the last three decades, Dan Carter examines race as an issue in presidential politics. Concise yet replete with insight, wit, and often-amusing, always-telling anecdotes, this timeless book is an uncommon blend of important and enjoyable reading.
Dan T. Carter is Educational Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at the University of South Carolina and former president of the Southern Historical Association. He is the author of Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South, winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and the Lillian Smith Award; The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics; and When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, winner of the Avery O. Craven Award of the organisation of American Historians. He won an Emmy Award for his role as chief historical adviser for the documentary George Wallace: ""Setting the Woods on Fire,"" which is based on his book The Politics of Rage; and he was a primary adviser on the documentary film Scottsboro: An American Tragedy which was nominated for Oscar and Emmy awards.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807123669 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807123668 |
| Title | From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich |
| Author | Dan T Carter |
| Series | Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures In Southern History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Louisiana State University Press |
| Year published | 1999-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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