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Sisters and Rebels : A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393047997
ISBN-139780393047998
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038308908
Product Key Features
Book TitleSisters and Rebels : a Struggle for the Soul of America
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicWomen, Women Authors, Family / Siblings, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Literary, Social Psychology, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Political Science, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, History
AuthorJacquelyn Dowd Hall
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight39.1 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-057931
ReviewsA sweeping, richly detailed intellectual and political history of America from the 1920s to the 1980s, an absorbing narrative based on impressive scholarship....Sharply etched biographical portraits focus a compelling history., An absolutely necessary, totally engaging history. Hall speaks from her own long relationship with the sisters as well as her rigorous and comprehensive scholarship, adding yet another dimension to this fine history that reads like a novel., The word befitting this work is 'masterpiece.' Sisters and Rebels is an impassioned, elegant, evocative narrative that turns biography into art and scholarship into the profound understanding of a South searching for its soul., I loved this beautifully researched and expertly executed study of three women who were just as distinct, complicated, and problematic as the region they called home. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall again proves herself to be one of our nation's most relevant scholars., A tour de force from a remarkable historian. Jacquelyn Hall's long-awaited chronicle of the Lumpkin sisters offers unparalleled insight into the complexities of gender and race in the lives of white southerners., A sweeping, richly detailed intellectual and political history of America from the 1920s to the 1980s, an absorbing narrative based on impressive scholarship.... Sharply etched biographical portraits focus a compelling history., A sweeping, against-the-grain panorama of American history in the first half of the twentieth century., Hall's perceptive and elegant writing and her extensive, decades-long research into the sisters' lives provides rich context for the creation of Southern reformers as a political force...Highly recommended for readers interested in women's history and American intellectual history., In this excellent triple biography, Hall follows Elizabeth, Grace, and Katherine Lumpkin, whose lives and work touched many elements of 20th-century social history.... These admirably crafted biographies of the Lumpkins, their cohorts, and their causes open a fascinating window on America's social and intellectual history., Hall's perceptive and elegant writing and her extensive, decades-long research into the sisters' lives provides rich context for the creation of Southern reformers as a political force. . . . Highly recommended for readers interested in women's history and American intellectual history., In this excellent triple biography, Hall (Like a Family) follows Elizabeth, Grace, and Katherine Lumpkin, whose lives and work touched many elements of 20th-century social history.... These admirably crafted biographies of the Lumpkins, their cohorts, and their causes open a fascinating window on America's social and intellectual history., At a time when millions hunger for hope that a better America is possible, one of our wisest historians uncovers a past we urgently need., At a time when millions hunger for hope that America is possible, one of our wisest historians uncovers a past we urgently need... With page after page of surprises conveyed in crystalline prose, Sisters and Rebels recovers a world that was eclipsed by McCarthyism to show us who we can become. Centering women who gave each other courage, Jacquelyn Hall offers unforgettable insights into how we all might manage to get free.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal305.800975/0904
SynopsisDescendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin were raised in a culture of white supremacy. While Elizabeth remained a lifelong believer, her younger sisters sought their fortunes in the North, reinventing themselves as radical thinkers whose literary works and organizing efforts brought the nation's attention to issues of region, race, and labor. National Humanities Award-winning historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall follows the divergent paths of the Lumpkin sisters, tracing the wounds and unsung victories of the past. Hall revives a buried tradition of Southern expatriation and progressivism; explores the lost, revolutionary zeal of the early twentieth century; and muses on the fraught ties of sisterhood. Grounded in decades of research, the family's private papers, and interviews with Katharine and Grace, Sisters and Rebels unfolds an epic narrative of American history through the lives of three Southern women., Descendants of a prominent slaveholding family, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. But while Elizabeth remained a lifelong believer, her younger sisters chose vastly different lives. Seeking their fortunes in the North, Grace and Katharine reinvented themselves as radical thinkers whose literary works and organizing efforts brought the nation's attention to issues of region, race, and labor. In Sisters and Rebels , National Humanities Award-winning historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall follows the divergent paths of the Lumpkin sisters, who were "estranged and yet forever entangled" by their mutual obsession with the South. Tracing the wounds and unsung victories of the past through to the contemporary moment, Hall revives a buried tradition of Southern expatriation and progressivism; explores the lost, revolutionary zeal of the early twentieth century; and muses on the fraught ties of sisterhood. Grounded in decades of research, the family's private papers, and interviews with Katharine and Grace, Sisters and Rebels unfolds an epic narrative of American history through the lives and works of three Southern women., Winner of the PEN / Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography and the Southern Historical Association Sydnor Award Three sisters from the South wrestle with orthodoxies of race, sexuality, and privilege.
LC Classification NumberF291.L89H35 2019
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