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The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South
Byron E. Shafer
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Paperback. The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this region, but of the entire nation. The 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. This book challenges that idea. Num Pages: 240 pages, 39 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674032491
SKU
V9780674032491
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About Byron E. Shafer
Byron E. Shafer is Glenn B. and Cleone Orr Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Richard Johnston is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
Reviews for The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South
Byron Shafer and Richard Johnston challenge the notion of regional distinctiveness and the centrality of race to Southern politics in their meticulous study, The End of Southern Exceptionalism. They scour reams of electoral returns - this book is a sweet fix for political junkies - to challenge the theory that the Republican Party is nothing more than the remnant of ... Read more