The history of a university professor's daring stand for principles during the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the history behind the writing of his incisive analysis entitled Mississippi: The Closed Society in 1964
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The history of a university professor's daring stand for principles during the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the history behind the writing of his incisive analysis entitled Mississippi: The Closed Society in 1964
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Very Good. Size: 8x6x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Price clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some foxing/staining to edge. Owner's name on front end page. James W. Silver was a professor of history at the University of Mississippi from 1936 to 1964. A distinguished scholar, Silver wrote multiple historical texts and served as chairman of the UM history department from 1946 to 1957. Silver was an ardent opponent of segregation, and his outspokenness on the topic made him the frequent target of segregationist groups. In 1964, Silver published Mississippi: The Closed Society, an indictment of Mississippi's failure to evolve socially alongside the rest of the country. In the book, Silver characterized the state and its citizens as governed by fear, and apt to repress freedom of opinion and intellectual inquiry through social pressure. The book's publication generated both praise and intense hostility. Silver was harassed, threatened, and ostracized; eventually the backlash led Silver to fear for his family's safety, and he left Mississippi to take a job at the University of Notre Dame.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. 238pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear and slight toning.