Maarten Zwiers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4206289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maarten Zwiers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maarten |
| FAMILY NAME | Zwiers |
| SIGNATURE | ZWIERS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3652-0545 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Greater Caribbean Police States
Before the planters arrived, the Mississippi River Delta was a swampy jungle. In his 1941 memoir Lanterns on the Levee , William Alexander Percy, a prominent member of the regional plantation elite, described what the Delta might have looked like in those early days, with an emphasis on the area’s fluid nature. “A still country it must have been then, ankle-deep in water, mostly in shadow, with mere flickers of sunshine, and they motey and yellow…
Mondiaal wit verzet. Massive Resistance en de Amerikaanse burgerrechtenbeweging, 1932-1969
Het witte verzet tegen burgerrechten in de Verenigde Staten wordt vaak geassocieerd met het Amerikaanse Zuiden, waar raciale segregatie geinstitutionaliseerd was tot aan het midden van de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw. Dit artikel betoogt dat segregatie niet slechts een regionaal systeem was, maar zich ook manifesteerde op het nationale en zelfs mondiale niveau gedurende de Koude Oorlog. Bovendien was het verknoopt met belangrijke sectoren van …
The Whistles of George Wallace
Gender and emotions are important factors in the rise of modern U.S. conservatism. This article examines the 1968 presidential election as a pivotal moment in the development of the New Right. During that campaign, George Wallace practiced a masculine political style that evoked an emotional response from anxious voters who felt alienated and angry. Wallace set the stage for a conservative political strategy that remains effective until this day
Rebel Rock
This essay examines the construction of regional identity in the music of two rock bands that became popular during the 1970s: Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Dutch formation Normaal. I discuss the similarities and differences between both bands and analyze the most important sites and characters that appear in their songs. One of the central subjects of the essay is the global nature of antipathy in rural regions towards (urban) centers of national power…
The Eve of Destruction
Reviewed by: The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America by James T. Patterson Maarten Zwiers The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America. By James T. Patterson. New York: Basic Books. 2012. According to historian James T. Patterson, the Sixties started in the summer of 1965. The riots in Watts and the escalation of the war in Vietnam signaled the beginning of the end of vital center liberalism in general, and Lyndon Johnson’s a…
The Whistles of George Wallace
Gender and emotions are important factors in the rise of modern U.S. conservatism. This article examines the 1968 presidential election as a pivotal moment in the development of the New Right. During that campaign, George Wallace practiced a masculine political style that evoked an emotional response from anxious voters who felt alienated and angry. Wallace set the stage for a conservative political strategy that remains effective until this day
The Eve of Destruction
Reviewed by: The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America by James T. Patterson Maarten Zwiers The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America. By James T. Patterson. New York: Basic Books. 2012. According to historian James T. Patterson, the Sixties started in the summer of 1965. The riots in Watts and the escalation of the war in Vietnam signaled the beginning of the end of vital center liberalism in general, and Lyndon Johnson’s a…
Rebel Rock
This essay examines the construction of regional identity in the music of two rock bands that became popular during the 1970s: Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Dutch formation Normaal. I discuss the similarities and differences between both bands and analyze the most important sites and characters that appear in their songs. One of the central subjects of the essay is the global nature of antipathy in rural regions towards (urban) centers of national power…
The Whistles of George Wallace
Gender and emotions are important factors in the rise of modern U.S. conservatism. This article examines the 1968 presidential election as a pivotal moment in the development of the New Right. During that campaign, George Wallace practiced a masculine political style that evoked an emotional response from anxious voters who felt alienated and angry. Wallace set the stage for a conservative political strategy that remains effective until this day
Mondiaal wit verzet. Massive Resistance en de Amerikaanse burgerrechtenbeweging, 1932-1969
Het witte verzet tegen burgerrechten in de Verenigde Staten wordt vaak geassocieerd met het Amerikaanse Zuiden, waar raciale segregatie geinstitutionaliseerd was tot aan het midden van de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw. Dit artikel betoogt dat segregatie niet slechts een regionaal systeem was, maar zich ook manifesteerde op het nationale en zelfs mondiale niveau gedurende de Koude Oorlog. Bovendien was het verknoopt met belangrijke sectoren van …
Greater Caribbean Police States
Before the planters arrived, the Mississippi River Delta was a swampy jungle. In his 1941 memoir Lanterns on the Levee , William Alexander Percy, a prominent member of the regional plantation elite, described what the Delta might have looked like in those early days, with an emphasis on the area’s fluid nature. “A still country it must have been then, ankle-deep in water, mostly in shadow, with mere flickers of sunshine, and they motey and yellow…
American Political and Social Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)