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Author Nash, Jere.

Title Mississippi politics : the struggle for power, 1976-2008 / Jere Nash and Andy Taggart ; foreword by John Grisham.

Publication Info. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2009]
©2009

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Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (xix, 427 pages) : map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-416) and index.
Contents History of Mississippi democrats, 1948-1975 -- History of Mississippi republicans, 1955-1975 -- The beginning of the end, 1976 -- The campaign to succeed Jim Eastland, 1977-1978 -- Democrats win one and republicans lose one, 1979 -- The origins of reapportionment, 1890-1979 -- Ronald Reagan and Jon Hinson, 1980-1981 -- Education transforms the legislature, 1982 -- The Allain/Bramlett campaign and William Winter's legacy, 1983 -- The erosion of legislative power, 1984 -- The rise of Mike Espy, 1985-1986 -- Highways, Buddie Newman, and Ray Mabus, 1987 -- The campaign to succeed John Stennis, 1988 -- Liquor and gambling in Mississippi, 1989-1990 -- Republicans gain the governor's mansion, 1991 -- The politics of reapportionment, 1992-1993 -- The GOP consolidates power, 1994-1996 -- Tobacco, 1997-1998 -- The legacy of Kirk Fordice, 1999 -- The state flag and congressional reapportionment 2000-2001 -- The consequences of tort reform, 2002 -- The Haley Barbour years, 2003-2006 -- Mississippi politics explodes--again, 2007-2008.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Mississippi.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1951-
Subject Political parties -- Mississippi -- History.
Political parties.
Power (Social sciences) -- Mississippi -- History.
History.
Politicians -- Mississippi -- Interviews.
Politicians.
Power (Social sciences)
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Chronological Term Since 1951
Genre/Form History.
Interviews.
Added Author Taggart, Andy.
Other Form: Print version: Nash, Jere. Mississippi politics. 2nd ed. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009 9781604732665 (DLC) 2009010837 (OCoLC)315240090
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