Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968

ISBN-13: 9781316610923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 376 str.

Boris Heersink; Jeffery A. Jenkins

Opis

Traces how the Republican Party in the South after Reconstruction transformed from a biracial organization to a mostly all-white one.

Recenzje

'… Heersink and Jenkins's study is incredibly important. It will help those wishing to understand how and why the Party of Lincoln became the Party of Trump.' Edward O. Frantz, The Journal of Southern History

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Republican Party and the South: some preliminaries; Part I. The South and National Republican Party Politics, 1865–1968: 3. The rise and fall of a Republican South, 1865–1877; 4. The attempt to rebuild the Republican Party in the South, 1877–1896; 5. The system of 1896 and Republicanism in the South, 1897–1932; 6. Towards a modern Southern strategy, 1933–1968; Photos; Part II. Southern Republican Party Politics at the State Level: 7. Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Alabama; 8. Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee; 9. South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi; 10. Conclusion. The relevance of the South in the Republican Party.