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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819506703321

Autore

Black Earl <1942->

Titolo

The rise of Southern Republicans / / Earl Black, Merle Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-674-02098-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p. ) : 47 line illustrations, 11 tables

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackMerle

Disciplina

324.2734/0975

Soggetti

Public administration - Southern States

Southern States Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-431) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Southern Transformation 2. Confronting the Democratic Juggernaut 3. The Promising Peripheral South 4. The Impenetrable Deep South 5. The Democratic Smother 6. The Democratic Domination 7. Reagan's Realignment of White Southerners 8. A New Party System in the South 9. The Peripheral South Breakthrough 10. The Deep South Challenge 11. The Republican Surge 12. Competitive South, Competitive America Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an account of growing competitiveness in Southern party politics and elections. It tracks Southern votes shifting economic, cultural and religious loyalties, black/white conflicts and interests during and after federal civil rights intervention and the struggles of candidates and officials.