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Author:

Perman, Michael.

Title:

Pursuit of unity : a political history of the American South / Michael Perman.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Southern States--Politics and government--19th century.
Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.
Political culture--Southern States--History--19th century.
Political culture--Southern States--History--20th century.
Political parties--Southern States--History--19th century.
Political parties--Southern States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-377) and index.

Contents:

A one-party south : Republican ascendancy -- A two-party south : Whigs and Democrats -- A one-party south again : Democratic ascendancy -- Politics without parties : the Confederacy -- Party politics under assault : reconstruction -- Achieving democratic hegemony : the 1880s -- Eliminating the opposition : the 1890s -- Democrats and demagogues in the solid south -- Reform and reaction in the solid south -- The New Deal challenge to the solid south -- The liberal challenge in the 1940s -- The solid south under attack : white defiance -- The solid south under attack : black gains -- Old responses and new directions, 1965-1980 -- The emergence of a two-party south since 1980.

ISBN:

080783324X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833247 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317929509

LCCN:

2009018545

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)