Leah Rawls Atkins
Autor de Alabama : the history of a Deep South state
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Obras de Leah Rawls Atkins
The Club: A history, 1951-1986 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Atkins, Leah Rawls
- Nombre legal
- Atkins, Leah Marie Rawls
- Otros nombres
- Rawls, Leah Marie (birth name)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1935-04-25
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Educación
- Auburn University (PhD | History)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Miembros
- 123
- Popularidad
- #162,201
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 14
Despite a few colorful characters, such as Folsom or Johnson Jones Hooper, creator of Captain Simon Suggs, and pretty good writing, much of the book falls into a pattern of statistics and names of governors and what they failed to accomplish. There are good sections recognizing Alabama writers such as Harper Lee, William March, and others.
It took me a few days to put my finger on what was lacking about this book, but I should have seen it right away. It is just that it doesn't do much to bring the historical figures to life. Even those who stand out, such as Folsom, are discussed in terms of their actions and not so much their motivations. George Wallace, the most divisive and important Alabamian ever, gets his due as a racist but also as a judge who treated black people quite well. It is just such contradictions that lie at the heart of this book, and as long as it is, I'm afraid it would have to be a whole lot longer to really provide the sort of deep character studies I would hope for. Still, as an overview and a guide for where to look next, it is well done. The authors don't cover up or make excuses for the state's poor performance in just about every area short of home runs (see Willie Mays and Hank Aaron). Flynt, writing the last portion, can't help but try to end on an upbeat note--but it rings false. While Alabama has gotten better since the book was published in 1994, it has continued to lag behind just about every other state in most areas, and its politicians just seem to sink lower and lower into the mud.… (más)