Taming Alabama: Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929

by Paul M. Pruitt Jr.

Taming Alabama focuses on persons and groups who sought to bring about reforms in the political, legal, and social worlds of Alabama. Most of the subjects of these essays accepted the fundamental values of nineteenth and early twentieth century white southern society; and all believed, or came to believe, in the transforming power of law. As a starting point in creating the groundwork of genuine civility and progress in the state, these reformers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817356010
• ISBN13: 9780817356019
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"