First impressions of the political landscape in South Dakota tend towards an assumption of hard-line conservatism, and yet such a conclusion barely scratches the surface of what constitutes political tradition in the Mount Rushmore State. Editors Jon K. Lauck, John E. Miller, and Donald C. Simmons, Jr., have drawn together twelve essays on disparate topics in order to consider the state's underlying political culture. Each essay addresses an aspect of history, politics, or art, subtly exposing the contradictory nature of South Dakotans and elucidating the many elements that comprise the...
First impressions of the political landscape in South Dakota tend towards an assumption of hard-line conservatism, and yet such a conclusion barely sc...
Jon K. Lauck John E. Miller Donald C., Jr. Simmons
South Dakota is often thought of as a conservative or "red" state, but its political culture is much more variegated and unpredictable than such colour-coded references might imply. Just as the nation as a whole consists of diverse regions and subcultures that manifest fairly wide swings of opinion and voting patterns over time, South Dakota contains its own geographic variations and political subcultures. The first volume illustrated the complex nature of state politics and cyclical change over time, and this new group of essays concentrates on some of the unpredictability and...
South Dakota is often thought of as a conservative or "red" state, but its political culture is much more variegated and unpredictable than such colou...
The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledged as the other big race of 2004. Second in prominence only to the presidential race, the Daschle-Thune contest pitted the rival political ideologies that have animated American politics since the 1960s. In a sign of the ongoing strength of political conservatism, Daschle became the first Senate leader in fifty years to lose a re-election bid.
Historian Jon K. Lauck, a South Dakotan who was an insider during that heated campaign, now...
The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledg...
In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the popular press. Finding a New Midwestern History revives and identifies anew the Midwest as a field of study by promoting a diversity of viewpoints and lending legitimacy to a more in-depth, rigorous scholarly assessment of the region.
In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the...
Examines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America's western states. Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examining a formative stage of western politics, Jon Lauck finds that settlers from New England and the Midwest invoked democratic practices as guiding principles in the drive for South Dakota statehood.
Examines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America's western states. Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examini...
