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The Politics of Trust

Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s

By: Gordon E. Harvey

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The Politics of Trust

Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s

By: Gordon E. Harvey

Examines the political career of Reubin Askew, whose election as governor in 1970 marked the beginning of a golden age in Florida's politics"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817318828

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9780817318826

A Question of Justice

New South Governors and Education, 1968-1976

By: Gordon E. Harvey

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A Question of Justice

New South Governors and Education, 1968-1976

By: Gordon E. Harvey

Three trailblazers for education reform in the Sunbelt South. In southern politics, 1970 marked a watershed. A group of southern governors entered office that year and changed both the way the nation looked at the South and the way the constituents of those states viewed themselves. Reubin Askew in Florida, John West in South Carolina, Jimmy Carter in Georgia, and Albert Brewer in Alabama all represented a new breed of progressive moderate politician that helped demolish Jim Crow segregation and the dual economies, societies, and educational systems notorious to the Sunbelt South. Historian Gordon Harvey explores the political lives and legacies of three of these governors, examining the conditions that led to such a radical change in political leadership, the effects their legislative agendas had on the identity of their states, and the aftermath of their terms in elected office. A common thread in each governor's agenda was educational reform. Albert Brewer's short term as Alabama governor resulted in a sweeping education package that still stands as the most progressive the state has seen. Reubin Askew, far more outspoken than Brewer, won the Florida gubernatorial election through a campaign that openly promoted desegregation, busing, and tax reform as a means of equal school funding. John West's commitment to a policy of inclusion helped allay fears of both black and white parents and made South Carolina's one of the smoothest transitions to integrated schools. As members of the first generation of New South governors, Brewer, Askew, and West played the role of trailblazers. Their successful assaults on economic and racial injustice in their states were certainly aided by such landmark events as Brown v. Board of Education, the civil rights movement, and the expansion of voting rights-all of which sounded the death knell for the traditional one-party segregated South. But in this critical detailing of their work for justice, we learn how these reform-minded men made education central to their gubernatorial terms and, in doing so, helped redefine the very character of the place they called home.

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240

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University of Alabama Press

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0817353240

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9780817353247

The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946

By: Lois Gordon,Lois G. Gordon

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The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946

By: Lois Gordon,Lois G. Gordon

Samuel Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot was one of the most influential works for the post-World War II generation, has long been identified with the debilitated and impotent characters he created. In this provocative book, Lois Gordon offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed, and disturbed. Gordon investigates the first forty years of Beckett's life and finds that he was, on the contrary, a kind and generous man who responded sensitively and even heroically to the world around him. Gordon describes the various places and events that affected Beckett during this formative period: war-torn Dublin during the Easter Uprising and World War I, where he spent his childhood and student days; Belfast and Paris in the 1920s and London during the Depression, where he lived and worked; Germany in 1937, where he traveled and witnessed Hitler's brutal domestic policies; prewar and occupied France, where he was active in the Resistance (for which he was later decorated); and the war-ravaged town of Saint-L� in Normandy, which he helped to restore following the liberation. Gordon also portrays the individuals who were important to Beckett, including Jack B. Yeats, Alfred P�ron, Thomas McGreevy, and, most significantly, James Joyce, who was a model for Beckett personally, artistically, and politically. Gordon argues convincingly that Beckett was very much aware of the political and cultural turmoil of this period and that the enormously creative works he wrote after World War II can, in fact, be viewed as a product of and testament to those tumultuous times.

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272

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Yale University Press

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0300074956

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9780300074956

Historic Ouachita Parish

An Illustrated History

By: Gordon Earl Harvey

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Historic Ouachita Parish

An Illustrated History

By: Gordon Earl Harvey

An illustrated history of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, paired with histories of the local companies.

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113

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HPN Books

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1893619702

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9781893619708

National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship

Midwestern States

By: J. Gordon Melton

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National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship

Midwestern States

By: J. Gordon Melton

A multidenominational guide to 350,000 churches in the US, this is the fourth of a four-volume set - divided into regions - west, midwest, south and northeast. Within each volume, the entries are arranged alphabetically by state, Under each state, the entries are alphabetized by city, then by denomination.

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Gale Cengage

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0810389916

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9780810389915

Book's by Gordon E. Harvey

The Politics of Trust

The Politics of Trust

A Question of Justice

A Question of Justice

The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946

The World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946

Historic Ouachita Parish

Historic Ouachita Parish

National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship

National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship

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