Painting Dixie Red: When, Where, Why, and How the South Became Republican (New Perspectives on the History of the South) - Tapa blanda

"An informative and entertaining collection of essays on the rise of the Republican Party in the South."--North Carolina Historical Review "Makes a reasoned argument that we must go far deeper and farther afield to explain the change of parties."--Alabama Review "An important addition to the literature on the politics of the South."--Arkansas Historical Quarterly "A remarkable series of insightful essays."--Florida Historical Quarterly "Enlightening. . . . Feldman brings into conversation twelve essays dealing with divergent locations, issues, and people to demonstrate the South's nuanced transition from solidly Democrat to reliably Republican."--Southern Historian Glenn Feldman is professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and author or editor of numerous books including Nation within a Nation: The American South and the Federal Government and The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944. "A useful addition to the substantial array of scholarly literature addressing the topic."--Historian An informative and entertaining collection of essays on the rise of the Republican Party in the South. North Carolina Historical Review " An important addition to the literature on the politics of the South. Arkansas Historical Quarterly " A remarkable series of insightful essays. Florida Historical Quarterly " Makes a reasoned argument that we must go far deeper and farther afield to explain the change of parties. Alabama Review " Enlightening. . . . Feldman brings into conversation twelve essays dealing with divergent locations, issues, and people to demonstrate the South s nuanced transition from solidly Democrat to reliably Republican. Southern Historian " A useful addition to the substantial array of scholarly literature addressing the topic. Historian " A useful addition to the substantial array of scholarly literature addressing the topic. "Historian" " A remarkable series of insightful essays. "Florida Historical Quarterly" " An informative and entertaining collection of essays on the rise of the Republican Party in the South. "North Carolina Historical Review" " Enlightening. . . . Feldman brings into conversation twelve essays dealing with divergent locations, issues, and people to demonstrate the South s nuanced transition from solidly Democrat to reliably Republican. "Southern Historian" " An important addition to the literature on the politics of the South. "Arkansas Historical Quarterly" " Makes a reasoned argument that we must go far deeper and farther afield to explain the change of parties. "Alabama Review" " Glenn Feldman is professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and author or editor of numerous books including"Nation within a Nation: The American South and the Federal Government "and" The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944." " "A useful addition to the substantial array of scholarly literature addressing the topic."--"Historian" "A remarkable series of insightful essays."--"Florida Historical Quarterly" "An informative and entertaining collection of essays on the rise of the Republican Party in the South."--"North Carolina Historical Review" "An important addition to the literature on the politics of the South."--"Arkansas Historical Quarterly" "Makes a reasoned argument that we must go far deeper and farther afield to explain the change of parties."--"Alabama Review" "Enlightening. . . . Feldman brings into conversation twelve essays dealing with divergent locations, issues, and people to demonstrate the South's nuanced transition from solidly Democrat to reliably Republican."--"Southern Historian"

Has the South, once the ""Solid South"" of the Democratic Party, truly become an unassailable Republican stronghold? If so, when, where, why, and how did this seismic change occur? Moreover, what are the implications for the U.S. body politic? Painting Dixie Red is the first volume to grapple with these difficult yet critical questions. In this fascinating and timely collection, a distinguished group of scholars engages in an enlightening debate. Some make the case that the South has become Republican, and some contend that it has not. Some outline the region's exceptionalism, and some reject the idea of regional distinctiveness. Some point to white discontent over civil rights as the root of political changes, and some cite color-blind factors. All offer invaluable insights into U.S. politics during these ultra-partisan times.