George Wallace: American Populist
Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 6.25"x9.5" 587 indexed pgs. First printing. Steel gray boards. Black cloth spine w/red metallic letters. Maroon endpapers. DJ design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Text design by Karen Savary. Copy edited by Sharon Sharp. Set in 11-point Baskerville by Pagesetters Inc. Author photo by James Savela. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Small mended tear to back of DJ. Outer edge of boards expanded. Secure ship w/track #. Fine / Near Fine. Item #15174
ISBN: 9780201622102
A full-scale biography of the complex life and times of George Wallace, from rural poverty under Roosevelt to national prominence in the age of segregation
Alabama Governor George Wallace captured the national spotlight in fiery opposition to civil rights as one of the last great demagogues of the Jim Crow South. That image, however, has overshadowed his other and more lasting significance--as spokesman for a tide of working-class resentment and general opposition to big, intrusive government that persists to this day. As historian Alan Brinkley wrote in the New York Times, Wallace emerges in this biography as "the first of a new breed of protest politicians, the first to articulate themes that have no inherent racial content and that have now become a staple of American politics, having shaped every national campaign from Richard Nixon's in 1968 to Bill Clinton's and Ross Perot's in 1992." George Wallace explores the origins of Wallace's racism, his relentless dedication to his own political advancement, the influence of his public life on the nation, and his role as the embodiment of the dark side of our nation's politics--for America made George Wallace, not the other way around. Source: Publisher.
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