Paths out of Dixie : the democratization of authoritarian enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972 /
The transformation of the American South, from authoritarian to democratic rule, is the most important political development since World War II. It has re-sorted voters into parties, remapped presidential elections, and helped polarize Congress. Most important, it is the final step in America's...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2015.
|
| Series: | Princeton studies in American politics.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Part One: Deep South Enclaves, 1890-1940
- Southern Political Development in Comparative Perspective
- The Founding and Maintenance of Southern Enclaves, 1890-1940
- Deep South Enclaves on the Eve of the Transition
- Part Two: The Transition Begins, 1944-48
- Suffrage Restriction under Attack, 1944-47
- Driven from the House of Their Fathers: Southern Enclaves and the National Party, 1947-48
- Part Three: The Clouds Darken, 1950-63
- "No Solution Offers Except Coercion": Brown, Massive Resistance, and Campus Crises, 1950-63
- "No Task for the Amateur or Hothead": Mississippi and the Battle of Oxford
- "Integration with Dignity": South Carolina Navigates the Clemson Crisis
- "No, Not One": Georgia's Massive Resistance and the Crisis at Athens
- Part Four: Modes of Democratization and Their Legacies since 1964
- The Deathblows to Authoritarian Rule: The Civil and Voting Rights Acts and National Party Reform, 1964-72
- Harnessing the Revolution? Three Paths Out of Dixie
- Legacies and Lessons of the Democratized South.