ABSTRACT
This edition of Politics in the New South takes the remarkable story of the transformation of southern politics in the twentieth century up through the virtual triumph of southern Republicanism in the mid-1990s. The book explores not only the fundamental changes that have occurred - in party politics, political leadership, voting rights and black participation - but also the strong continuities in the political culture of the South despite a reversal of party allegiances. There is no richer or more readable introduction to the politics of the South - a region that shows us important aspects of both our past and our future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Introduction: Seeking the New South
part |58 pages
The Traditional South
chapter |32 pages
Race and Poverty in the Twentieth-Century South
chapter |24 pages
Race, Democrats, and Old Style Southern Politics
part |83 pages
Toward the Two-Party South: The Rise of Southern Republicanism
chapter |39 pages
Out of the Closet: Southern Republicans and Presidential Elections
part |105 pages
Civil Rights and Black Political Participation in the South
chapter |30 pages
“I Have a Dream”: Toward the Civil Rights Movement
chapter |38 pages
”We Shall Overcome”: The Politics of the Civil Rights Movement
chapter |35 pages
“Free at Last”?: The Civil Rights Movement in Retrospect
part |66 pages
Political Leadership: Southern Governors
chapter |28 pages
Steering the Ship of State: The Southern Governorship
chapter |36 pages
Red Galluses No More: The Leadership of Southern Governors
part |28 pages
Conclusion