Description
Book SynopsisDaniel 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.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Southern Cultures in Conflict
Chapter 2. Politics and Urban Growth
Chapter 3. The Grid of Violence
Chapter 4. Tolling of a Bell
Chapter 5. The Coat of Many Colors
Chapter 6. The Conservative Revolution
Chapter 7. The Two-Front War
Chapter 8. The Movement for Civil Rights
Chapter 9. Domesticated Violence
Chapter 10. A Second Chance at Reconstruction
Chapter 11. Consolidating the Revolution
Bibliographical Essay
Index
