Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-226) and index.
Contents
The American party systems and the South. -- The Populist-New Deal legacy: one-party politics in the postwar decade. -- One-party state politics and the impact of desegregation. -- The emergence of two-party politics: Republicanism in the new South. -- The politics of turmoil. -- The ambiguous resurgence of the new South. -- The 1972 elections.
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Summary
A history of political developments and trends in the South since World War II, focussing on electoral response to candidates and issues and the tumultuous emergence of two-party politics.