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" Alternative Oklahoma : "
edited by Davis D. Joyce ; foreword by Fred R. Harris.
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BL
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997111
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b751481
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| Title & Author
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Alternative Oklahoma : : contrarian views of the Sooner State /\ edited by Davis D. Joyce ; foreword by Fred R. Harris.
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| Publication Statement
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Norman :: University of Oklahoma Press,, ©2007.
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xx, 249 pages ;; 23 cm
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080613819X
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: 9780806138190
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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"Petticoat" historians: the foundation of Oklahoma social history / Linda W. Reese -- Three Oklahoma women / Carole Jane Joyce -- Black Oklahomans : an essay on the quest for freedom / Jimmie L. Franklin -- Oklahoma City and the origins of the modern direct action movement / Amanda Strunk Frady -- Joseph Brunner and the American Indian Federation : an alternative view of Indian rights / Marci Barnes Gracey -- Getting along : Woody Guthrie and Oklahoma's Red Dirt musicians / Thomas Conner -- Vietnam Veterans Against the War : one Oklahoman's experience / Gary Dotterman -- Nonviolent civil disobedience in Oklahoma : the campaign against nuclear power / Elizabeth D. Barlow -- Under the rainbow : the search for GLBT equality in Oklahoma / Christine Pappas -- Oklahoma poverty, religion, and politics : lessons from economic history / Alvin O. Turner -- Unraveling the mystery of freedom : prosperity inconsistency in Oklahoma / Brian Bentel -- A liberal Presbyterian in the Oklahoma Bible Belt / Samuel P. Riccobene -- Tulsa : a divinely inspired city / Marlin Lavanhar -- Growing up Okie-- and radical / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
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| Abstract
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Joyce presents fourteen essays that interpret Oklahoma's unique populist past and address current political and social isssues. These Sooner voices reflect the progressive, libertarian, and radical viewpoints that influenced the state's creation.
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Minorities-- Oklahoma-- History.
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Minorities.
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Social conditions
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Oklahoma, Biography.
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Oklahoma, History.
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Oklahoma, Social conditions.
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Oklahoma.
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| Dewey Classification
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976.6
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F694.5.A73 2007
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K712.9clc
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Joyce, Davis D.,1940-
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