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Author Perman, Michael

Title Struggle for mastery : disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908 / Michael Perman
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies.
Contents Devising disfranchisement: "the great problem" in its final phase -- Supervising the south: federal election laws, 1890-1894 -- Embarking on disfranchisement: Tennessee and Arkansas, 1889-1892 -- Harmonizing rival factions I: Mississippi, 1890 -- Harmonizing rival factions II: South Carolina, 1895 -- Conciliating the south: McKinley administration, 1896-1901 -- Defeating fusion I: Louisiana, 1898 -- Defeating fusion II: North Carolina, 1898-1900 -- Reforming the black belt I: Alabama, 1901 -- Reforming the black belt II: Virginia, 1901-1902 -- Exonerating the south: congress, 1901-1906 --Reinforcing disfranchisement: the rise of segregation -- Reforging a reform coalition: Texas and Georgia, 1901-1908 -- Finishing disfranchisement: the direct primary and the eviscerated electorate
Summary Around 1900, the Southern states embarked on a series of political campaigns aimed at disfranchising large numbers of voters. This volume presents a systematic study of the history of disfranchisement in the South, examining the origins, objectives and process of the movement
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Politologi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-386) and index
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Subject African Americans -- Suffrage -- Southern States -- History
African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
African Americans -- Segregation
African Americans -- Suffrage
Politics and government
SUBJECT Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125657
Subject Southern States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0807860255
9780807860250
9780807825938
080782593X
9780807849095
080784909X