Given the success of the all southern 1992 Clinton/Gore ticket, Southern Democrats is sure to command a wide audience of scholars and students of political scie
The transformation of Southern politics over the past fifty years has been one of the most significant developments in American political life. The emergence of
Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system—long referred to as the
In 1948, a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the "Dixiecrats," and chose Strom Thurmond as thei
This comprehensive and in-depth look at southern politics in the United States challenges conventional notions about the rise of the Republican Party in the Sou