1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910524865303321

Autore

Bartley Numan V

Titolo

Southern Politics and the Second Reconstruction / by Numan V. Bartley and Hugh D. Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

1-4214-3518-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource ( xvi, 233 pages :) : illustrations)

Disciplina

324/.2/0975

320.9/75/04

Soggetti

Politics and government

Political parties

Elections

Political parties - Southern States

Elections - Southern States

Project Muse

Southern States

Southern States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1975

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The American party systems and the South. -- The Populist-New Deal legacy: one-party politics in the postwar decade. -- One-party state politics and the impact of desegregation. -- The emergence of two-party politics: Republicanism in the new South. -- The politics of turmoil. -- The ambiguous resurgence of the new South. -- The 1972 elections.

Sommario/riassunto

A history of political developments and trends in the South since World War II, focussing on electoral response to candidates and issues and the tumultuous emergence of two-party politics.