| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The dominance of George Wallace -- Wallace's final exit -- The Wallace legacy -- The 1986 primary election -- Runoff -- Challenge -- Democratic aftermath -- The general election -- Consequences -- Explanations -- Appendix A: Survey methodology -- Appendix B: Election results. |
| Summary |
All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. With the retirement of an aging and ill George Wallace, both the issues and candidates contending for the office were able to set the course of Alabama politics for generations to follow. Whereas the Wallace regimes were particular to Alabama, and the gubernatorial campaign was conducted in a partial vacuum with his absence, Alabama also experienced a wave of partisan realignment. A once solidly Democratic South was undergoing a tectonic political shift as white voters in l. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 -- Influence.
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Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998. |
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Wallace, George Corley, 1919-1998. |
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Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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Alabama. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1951- |
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Governors -- Alabama -- Election -- History -- 20th century.
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Governors. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Elections -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Elections. |
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Political campaigns -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Political campaigns. |
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Social change -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Social change. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Stovall, James Glen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cotter, Patrick R. After Wallace. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009 9780817316600 (DLC) 2009003363 (OCoLC)301798240 |
| ISBN |
9780817387273 (electronic book) |
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0817387277 (electronic book) |
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9780817357542 |
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0817357548 |
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9780817316600 |
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0817316604 |
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