Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot - Softcover

Shouse, Sarah Newman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817351493 ISBN 13: 9780817351496

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 2005

Synopsis

A 20th-century prophet who offered a vision of democratic community.

"Herman Clarence Nixon (1886-1967) was an outstanding professor of history and political science and persistent southern liberal during the middle third of the 20th century. Shouse's biography of Nixon thoroughly explores his contributions as an academician and a liberal advocate. . . . Shouse's narrative of his youth, education, academic career, and liberal activism is lively. The information she presents concerning Nixon's experiences in Paris during 1919, his involvement in the writing of I'll Take My Stand, his leadership in the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, and his contributions to southern historiography certainly enriches our knowledge."

—American Historical Review

"Nixon suffered for his actions. . . . It is a testimony to what C. Vann Woodward called 'hillbilly realism' that Nixon could nonetheless find solace in the simplest forms of community. Because his life was the cautionary tale that Shouse presents, there is value in pondering whether Nixon's country ways were really obsolete—or part of the bedrock on which the momentous changes of recent years are still being built."

—Journal of American History

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Review:

"Nixon suffered for his actions. . . . It is a testimony to what C. Vann Woodward called 'hillbilly realism' that Nixon could nonetheless find solace in the simplest forms of community. Because his life was the cautionary tale that Shouse presents, there is value in pondering whether Nixon's country ways were really obsolete--or part of the bedrock on which the momentous changes of recent years are still being built."

--"Journal of American History"

"Herman Clarence Nixon (1886-1967) was an outstanding professor of history and political science and persistent southern liberal during the middle third of the 20th century. Shouse's biography of Nixon thoroughly explores his contributions as an academician and a liberal advocate. . . . Shouse's narrative of his youth, education, academic career, and liberal activism is lively. The information she presents concerning Nixon's experiences in Paris during 1919, his involvement in the writing of "I'll Take My Stand", his leadership in the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, and his contributions to southern historiography certainly enriches our knowledge."

--"American Historical Review"

About this edition

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0817351493
• ISBN 13: 9780817351496
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254