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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Foreword by John Shelton Reed; Acknowledgments; Part I: Southern-National Political Convergence; 1. The South in the Senate: Changing Patterns of Representation on Committees; 2. Ideological Realignment in the Contemporary South: Where Have all the Conservatives Gone?; 3. The Transformation of Southern Political Elites: Regionalism Among Party and PAC Contributors; 4. Party Sorting at the Grass Roots: Stable Partisans and Party-Changers Among Florida's Precinct Officials; 5. Consequences of Southern School Desegregation: Myth and Reality; Part II: The Continuing South |
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6. Dimensions of Southern Public Opinion on Prayer in Schools7. Evangelical Religion and Support for Social Issue Policies: An Examination of Regional Variation; 8. Searching for the Mind of the South in the Second Reconstruction; 9. Labor Money in Southern Elections: Continuation of an Old Trend; 10. The Militant Republican Right in North Carolina Elections: Legacy of the Old Politics of Race; Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
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There is widespread agreement that the South has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Social, demographic, economic, and political changes have altered significantly the region long considered the nation's most distinctive. There is less agreement, however, about the extent to which the forces of nationalization have eroded the major elements of Southern distinctiveness. Although this volume does not purport to settle the debate on Southern political change, it does present a variety of recent evidence that helps put this important debate into perspe |
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Regionalism -- Southern States
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Political culture -- Southern States
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Regionalism
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States Local History.
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Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125659
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Southern States
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Electronic book
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Moreland, Laurence W
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Baker, Tod A
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Black, Merle
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Black, Earl
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Carmines, Edward G
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Stanley, Harold W. (Harold Watkins)
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Green, John C
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Guth, James L
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Bowman, Lewis
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Hulbary, William E
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Kelley, Anne E
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Wainscott, Stephen H
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Feig, Douglas G
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Kellstedt, Lyman A
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Steed, Robert P
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Theilmann, John
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Wilhite, Allen
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Eamon, Tom
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Reed, John Shelton
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| ISBN |
9780817386641 |
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0817386645 |
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0585141088 |
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9780585141084 |
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