The Scalawag in Alabama Politics, 1865-1881

By Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins

Book Overview

Who was this scalawag? Simply a native, white, Alabama Republican Scorned by his fellow white Southerners, he suffered, in his desire for socioeconomic reform and political power, more than mere verbal abuse and social ostracism; he lived constantly under the threat of physical violence. When first published in 1977, Wiggin's treatment of the scalawag was the first book-length study of scalawags in any state, and it remains the most thorough treatment. According to The Journal of American History , this is the "most effective challenge to the scalawag stereotype yet to appear."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817305572
• ISBN13: 9780817305574
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"