The Dixiecrat revolt and the end of the solid South, 1932-1968 / Kari Frederickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frederickson, Kari A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Southern States--Political activity--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Presidents--United States--Election--1948.

Presidents.

Southern States--Politics and government--1951-.

Southern States.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Southern States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

States' Rights Democratic Party--History.

States' Rights Democratic Party.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Other Title:

Dixiecrat revolt & the end of the solid South, 1932-1968

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1948 a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the "Dixiecrats". This volume situates the Dixiecrat movement within the tumultuous social and economic milieu of the 1930's and 1940's South.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Challenging the Laws of Nature; 2. Drawing the Color Line; 3. Out of the Bag?; 4. Setting the Postwar Agenda; 5. The Dixiecrat Presidential Campaign; 6. The Cause Lost; 7. Cut Free from the Moorings; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Rutgers University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index.

ISBN:

9798890870834

9780807875445

0807875449

OCLC:

70727121