Pursuit of unity : a political history of the American South / Michael Perman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perman, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Southern States--History--19th century.

Political culture.

Political culture--Southern States--History--20th century.

Political parties--Southern States--History--19th century.

Political parties.

Political parties--Southern States--History--20th century.

Southern States--Politics and government--19th century.

Southern States.

Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Surveying the entire span of southern political history, Michael Perman takes a revealing and wide-ranging approach to the region's politics. During the nineteenth century, the South experienced nearly continuous political crisis from nullification through secession, war, and Reconstruction, concluding with the disfranchisement campaigns at century's end. The struggle for power took a different form in the twentieth century, as the South's political class forged the Solid South and then maneuvered to perpetuate its control within the region and its influence within the nation.B

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. ONE-PARTY DOMINANCE, 1800-1861; PART II. NO-PARTY POLITICS, 1861-1865; PART III. ONE-PARTY HEGEMONY, 1865-1901; PART IV. ONE-PARTY SYSTEM, 1901-1965; PART V. FROM ONE PARTY TO TWO, 1965-1994; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-377) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-162-8

979-88-908777-9-6

1-4696-0451-5

0-8078-9925-9

OCLC:

676698299