Title The end of Southern exceptionalism : class, race, and partisan change in the postwar South / Byron E. Shafer and Richard G.C. Johnston

Edition 1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations Contents Preface; 1. The Nature of the Puzzle; 2. Economic Development and a Politics of Class; 3. Legal Desegregation and a Politics of Race; 4. Class, Race, and Partisan Change; 5. Social Forces and Partisan Politicians; 6. Old South, New South, No South?; Notes; References; Index Summary The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this distinctive region, but of the entire nation. Until now, the critical shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as a white backlash to the civil rights revolution. In this myth-shattering book, Byron Shafer and Richard Johnston refute that view, one stretching all the way back to V.O. Key in his classic book Southern Politics . The true story is instead one of dramatic class reversal, beginning in the 1950s and pulling everything else in its wake. Where once the poor voted Republican and the rich Democrat, that pattern reversed, as economic development became the engine of Republican gains. Racial desegregation, never far from the heart of the story, often applied the brakes to these gains rather than fueling them. A book that is bound to shake up the study of Southern politics, this will also become required reading for pundits and political strategists, for all those who argue over what it takes to carry the South Notes Originally published: 2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Political parties -- Southern States Social classes -- Southern States HISTORY -- State & Local. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Political parties Politics and government Race relations Social classes SUBJECT Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125659 Southern States -- Race relations Subject Southern States Form Electronic book Author Johnston, Richard, 1948- ISBN 9780674043466 0674043464 9780674032491 0674032497

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