The irony of the solid south : Democrats, Republicans, and race, 1865-1944 / Glenn Feldman.
2013
F215 .F43 2013eb
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Title
The irony of the solid south : Democrats, Republicans, and race, 1865-1944 / Glenn Feldman.
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ISBN
9780817386702 (electronic bk.)
081738670X (electronic bk.)
9780817317935
0817317937
081738670X (electronic bk.)
9780817317935
0817317937
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
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F215 .F43 2013eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)844940527
Summary
The Irony of the Solid South examines how the south became the "Solid South" for the Democratic Party and how that solidarity began to crack with the advent of American involvement in World War II. Relying on a sophisticated analysis of secondary research-as well as a wealth of deep research in primary sources such as letters, diaries, interviews, court cases, newspapers, and other archival materials-Glenn Feldman argues in The Irony of the Solid South that the history of the solid Democratic south is actually marked by several ironies that involve a co
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The "Reconstruction syndrome" and the calcification of conservative culture
Elements of Democratic solidarity and discontent: industry, economics, Calvinist religion, and Jim Crow
For Blacks only: the perversion of Alabama progressivism
Race over rum, romans, and Republicans
Placing culture on hold: the New Deal coalition, its first cracks, and the "great melding" takes shape
Splitting the New Deal coalition open
The "liberal south" and the central tragedy of southern politics
Cheap labor, the FEPC, and Frank Dixon as knight-errant of the South
Racial challenge, white reaction, and Chauncey Sparks as the new champion
Race, religion, and the "status quo society"
Liberals, friends of the Negro, and charging hell with a toothpick
Epilogue: since 1944.
Elements of Democratic solidarity and discontent: industry, economics, Calvinist religion, and Jim Crow
For Blacks only: the perversion of Alabama progressivism
Race over rum, romans, and Republicans
Placing culture on hold: the New Deal coalition, its first cracks, and the "great melding" takes shape
Splitting the New Deal coalition open
The "liberal south" and the central tragedy of southern politics
Cheap labor, the FEPC, and Frank Dixon as knight-errant of the South
Racial challenge, white reaction, and Chauncey Sparks as the new champion
Race, religion, and the "status quo society"
Liberals, friends of the Negro, and charging hell with a toothpick
Epilogue: since 1944.
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Print version: Feldman, Glenn. Irony of the solid south. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2013
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