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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790692003321

Autore

Colburn David R

Titolo

From yellow dog democrats to red state republicans : Florida and its politics since 1940 / / David R. Colburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , 2013

ISBN

0-8130-4714-5

0-8130-4637-8

0-8130-4849-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

975.9

Soggetti

Political culture - Florida - History - 20th century

Political culture - Florida - History - 21st century

Political parties - Florida

Politicians - Florida

Florida Ethnic relations Political aspects

Florida Politics and government 1865-1950

Florida Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. From darkness to sunshine: World War II, race and the emergence of modern Florida -- 2. Moral, simple justice and the emergence of fault lines in the democratic hegemony -- 3. Reubin Askew, Lawton Chilews, and the reinvention of the Democratic Party -- 4. An era of political transition -- 5. Migration of the middle class, the search for community, and the emerging Hispanic presence -- 6. Holding back the Republican tide, but for how long? -- 7. From blue to red: the era of Jeb Bush and Republican hegemony -- 8. The presidential election of 2000: what happened to Florida? -- 9. The politics of the twenty-first century -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David



Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.