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Author Perman, Michael

Title Pursuit of unity : a political history of the American South / Michael Perman
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents A one-party south : Republican ascendancy -- A two-party south : Whigs and Democrats -- A one-party south again : Democratic ascendancy -- Politics without parties : the Confederacy -- Party politics under assault : reconstruction -- Achieving democratic hegemony : the 1880s -- Eliminating the opposition : the 1890s -- Democrats and demagogues in the solid south -- Reform and reaction in the solid south -- The New Deal challenge to the solid south -- The liberal challenge in the 1940s -- The solid south under attack : white defiance -- The solid south under attack : black gains -- Old responses and new directions, 1965-1980 -- The emergence of a two-party south since 1980
Summary Perman surveys the entire span of southern political history from 1800 to the present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political culture -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Political culture -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Political parties -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Political parties -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
SUBJECT Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject Southern States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807899250
0807899259
9781469604510
1469604515