Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State (Alabama Fire Ant) Review

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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed this book from the Creek Indians until the end.The book ended just before Alabamians would hopefully vote for a better Alabama, however, tax reform we don't have, so business is the same as usual in Alabama.I guess the state has too many "Wal-Mart Republicans."I think the book was a very interesting and educational read.It is not boring like a text book history.It will give you quite an insight on Alabama politics in 1901and 2004, unfortunately not much change has been made.There is so much I could say, but I might be telling too much and I think the readers should draw their own conclusions.However, I do think it should be required reading before any Alabamian is allowed to vote in the State of Alabama!

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This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less critical of its shortcomings. Inside Alabama, as the title implies, gives Jackson's insider's perspective on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama. With humor and candor, he explores the state's cultural, political, and economic development from prehistoric times to the dawning of the new millennium. Mound-builders, Hernando de Soto, William Bartram, Red Sticks, Andy Jackson, Bourbon Democrats, suffragettes, New Dealers, Hugo Black, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Rosa Parks - all play colorful parts in this popular history.By focusing on state politics as the most accessible and tangible expression of these shaping forces, Jackson organizes the fourteen chapters chronologically, artfully explaining why the past is so important today.