Regions of Alabama
Wayne Flynt, Auburn University
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Wayne Flynt sketches the geographical
and cultural regions of Alabama in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. |
Video:
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Part 1 (10:31 min.)
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Distinctive features of Alabama's natural
geography, soil zones, and settlement history, from the Tennessee
Valley in the north to the Wiregrass and Gulf Coast. Illustrated
with maps. |
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Part 2 (8:22 min.)
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An historical-geographical perspective on Alabama's
economy from the antebellum era through the twentieth century.
Yeoman diversity, the plantation, the rise and fall of cotton
monoculture. The emergence of manufacturing and cities. Recent
patterns of "pocket development," agriculture, and re-forestation. For more information on Alabama forestation, visit Susan Pace Hamill's Timber, Equity, and Ethics |
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Part 3 (2:44 min.)
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Importance of sense of place to "Alabamians."
The good and bad of provincialism. |
Part 4 (1:33 min.)
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The failure of Alabama's political leadership. |
Map:
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Alabama County Map
Courtesy of the
University of Alabama Department of Geography
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About the Speaker:
Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University Professor at Auburn
University and a leading authority on Alabama history and Baptist history
in Alabama, was educated at Samford University, formerly Howard College
(B.A.,1961) and Florida State University (M.S., 1962; Ph.D. 1965). He
has served as the President of the Southern Historical Society (2003-2004)
and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the new Online
Encyclopedia of Alabama. Prof. Flynt has actively devoted his
life to bringing the issues of history and poverty and their social impact
to the forefront of the public's consciousness.
Wayne Flynt is the author of eleven books, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites. His most recent book, Alabama in the Twentieth Century was awarded the 2004 Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize. In 2004, his book Dixie's Forgotten People: The South's Poor Whites was re-issued. Prof. Flynt's books have won many awards, some multiple times, including: the Lillian Smith Award for Non-Fiction, the Alabama Library Association Award for Non-Fiction, Outstanding Academic Book from the American Library Association, and the James F. Sulzby, Jr. Book Award. He is co-author of Alabama: A History of a Deep South State, which was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Wayne Flynt is the author of eleven books, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites. His most recent book, Alabama in the Twentieth Century was awarded the 2004 Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize. In 2004, his book Dixie's Forgotten People: The South's Poor Whites was re-issued. Prof. Flynt's books have won many awards, some multiple times, including: the Lillian Smith Award for Non-Fiction, the Alabama Library Association Award for Non-Fiction, Outstanding Academic Book from the American Library Association, and the James F. Sulzby, Jr. Book Award. He is co-author of Alabama: A History of a Deep South State, which was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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