Marvin Griffin was Georgia's seventy-second governor. Apart from that simple fact, virtually everything else about his career is the subject of controversy. Griffin governed at a point in the late 1950s when the state was undergoing a profound political transition from a rural-dominated, segregationist culture to a more urban landscape. As he attempted to guide Georgia through years of tumultuous change and upheaval throughout the South, Griffin developed a reputation for being inflammatory on racial issues and merciless to his political enemies
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Marvin Griffin was Georgia's seventy-second governor. Apart from that simple fact, virtually everything else about his career is the subject of contro...
"Second Verse, Same as the First" is a volume of essays covering the 2012 election as it played out in the eleven former states of the Confederacy. The essays are organized by state and emphasize the presidential campaign, but each state chapter also includes analysis on notable congressional races and important patterns at the state level. Interesting patterns in the South and their implications for the balance of power between the two major parties are analyzed. Additional chapters cover the issues that dominated voter decision making and the nomination process. "Second Verse, Same as...
"Second Verse, Same as the First" is a volume of essays covering the 2012 election as it played out in the eleven former states of the Confederacy. Th...
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The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official.
This is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn t just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state s progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county...
The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political e...
Details how the 2016 presidential election developed in the eleven states that make up the South. Preeminent scholars of Southern politics analyse this momentous election, including the issues that drove southern voters, the nomination process in early 2016, and where the region may be headed politically in the Trump era.
Details how the 2016 presidential election developed in the eleven states that make up the South. Preeminent scholars of Southern politics analyse thi...
Details how the 2016 presidential election developed in the eleven states that make up the South. Preeminent scholars of Southern politics analyse this momentous election, including the issues that drove southern voters, the nomination process in early 2016, and where the region may be headed politically in the Trump era.
Details how the 2016 presidential election developed in the eleven states that make up the South. Preeminent scholars of Southern politics analyse thi...
