Paths Out of Dixie : : The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972 /

Paths Out of Dixie : : The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972 / / Robert Mickey.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
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Mickey, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 147
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Physical Description:1 online resource (584 p.) :; 4 halftones. 9 line illus. 12 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Part One: Deep South Enclaves, 1890-1940
  • 1. Southern Political Development in Comparative Perspective
  • 2. The Founding and Maintenance of Southern Enclaves, 1890-1940
  • 3. Deep South Enclaves on the Eve of the Transition
  • Part Two: The Transition Begins, 1944-48
  • 4. Suffrage Restriction under Attack, 1944-47
  • 5. Driven from the House of Their Fathers. Southern Enclaves and the National Party, 1947-48
  • Part Three: The Clouds Darken, 1950-63
  • Prologue: "No Solution Offers Except Coercion". Brown, Massive Resistance, and Campus Crises, 1950-63
  • 6. "No Task for the Amateur or Hothead". Mississippi and the Battle of Oxford
  • 7. "Integration with Dignity". South Carolina Navigates the Clemson Crisis
  • 8. "No, Not One". Georgia's Massive Resistance and the Crisis at Athens
  • Part Four: Modes of Democratization and Their Legacies since 1964
  • 9. The Deathblows to Authoritarian Rule. The Civil and Voting Rights Acts and National Party Reform, 1964-72
  • 10. Harnessing the Revolution? Three Paths Out of Dixie
  • 11. Legacies and Lessons of the Democratized South
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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