Standing at the Crossroads by Pete Daniel

Standing at the Crossroads by Pete Daniel

Daniel takes the reader through a variety of topics that relate directly to the Southern experience: rural life, violence, music, literature, civil rights, unionism, urbanization, xenophobia, migration, religion, cockfighting, and stock car racing.

"This book is full of wonderful surprises: an entire heritage of violence compressed in the cinematic images of a notorious murder trial; the contradictions and transformations of the post-World War II period summed up in Jackie Robinson's career; the South's persistent wild side embodied in stock-car racing and rock 'n' roll'Standing at the Crossroads' should make compelling reading for natives and outlanders alike"--Jacquelyn Hall, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill "Pete Daniel illuminates, with marvelous precision, the economic, social, and cultural contours of life in the modern South. Skillfully interweaving insights on rock and country music with discussions of rural farm life, racial confrontation, and the emergence of the Sun Belt, Daniel helps us come to grips with what has been lost--and gained--through the South's road to modernization."--William H. Chafe, Duke University

Pete Daniel is curator of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. His books include The Shadow of Slavery: Peonage in the South, 1901-1969 and Breaking the Land: The Transformation of Cotton, Tobacco, and Rice Cultures since 1880.

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ISBN 13	9780801854958
ISBN 10	0801854954
Title	Standing at the Crossroads
Author	Pete Daniel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1997-01-24
Number of pages	259
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