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Pursuit of Unity
InPursuit of Unity, Michael Perman presents a comprehensive analysis of the South's political history. In the 1800s, the region endured almost continuous political crisis--nullification, secession, Reconstruction, the Populist revolt, and disfranchisement. For most of the twentieth century, the region was dominated by a one-party system, the \"Solid South,\" that ensured both political unity internally and political influence in Washington. But in both centuries, the South suffered from the noncompetitive, one-party politics that differentiated it from the rest of the country. Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, Perman argues, the South's political distinctiveness has come to an end, as has its pursuit of unity.
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Struggle for mastery : disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908
Explores the process and impact of disfranchisement state by state and across the region Around 1900, the southern states embarked on a series of political campaigns aimed at disfranchising large numbers of voters. By 1908, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia had succeeded in depriving virtually all African Americans, and many lower class whites, of the voting rights they had possessed since Reconstruction - rights they would not regain for over half a century. Struggle for Mastery is the most complete and systematic study to date of the history of disfranchisement in the South. Because Perman examines each state within its region-wide context, he is able to identify patterns and connections that have previously gone unnoticed. Broadening the context even further, Perman explores the federal government's seeming acquiescence in this development, the relationship between disfranchisement and segregation, and the political system that emerged after the decimation of the South's electorate. The result is an insightful and persuasive interpretatic of this highly significant, yet generally misunderstood, episode in U.S. history.
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Joseph F. Johnston, 1896–1900
Joseph Forney Johnston was elected governor for two terms, just as the challenge from the Populists and from the Jeffersonians led by Reuben F. Kolb began to ebb in the late 1890s. Once in office, he tried to redirect the Democratic Party toward a course of reform through the incorporation of most of the electoral base and policies of these two dissenting organizations. But his intentions were foiled by his opponents who controlled the party machinery as well as by the movement for disfranchisement, which Johnston himself had hoped could be an agent for reform but rather became the primary
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Alabama Governors
An entirely revised and updated edition of the
best-selling 2001 original This collection of
biographical essays, written by thirty-four noted historians and
political scientists, chronicles the times, careers, challenges,
leadership, and legacies of the fifty-seven men and one woman who
have served as the state's highest elected official. The book is
organized chronologically into six sections that cover
Alabama’s years as a US territory and its early statehood,
the 1840s through the Civil War and Reconstruction, the late
nineteenth-century Bourbon era, twentieth-century progressive and
wartime governors, the Civil Rights era and George
Wallace’s period of influence, and recent chief executives
in the post-Wallace era. The political careers of these
fifty-eight individuals reflect the story of Alabama itself.
Taken together, these essays provide a unified history of the
state, with its recurring themes of race, federal-state
relations, tensions between north and south Alabama, economic
development, taxation, and education.
Alabama Governors expertly delineates the decisions and
challenges of the chief executives, their policy initiatives,
their accomplishments and failures, and the lasting impact of
their terms. The book also includes the true and sometimes
scandalous anecdotes that pepper Alabama’s storied history.
Several of the state's early governors fought duels; one killed
his wife's lover. A Reconstruction era-governor barricaded
himself in his office and refused to give it up when voters
failed to reelect him. A twentieth-century governor, an alumnus
of Yale, served as an officer in the Ku Klux Klan. This entirely
updated and revised edition includes enlarged and enhanced images
of each governor. Published as Alabama prepares for its
sixty-fourth gubernatorial election, Alabama Governors is certain
to become a valuable resource for teachers, students, librarians,
journalists, and anyone interested in the colorful history of
Alabama politics.
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Redemption
Over the past half century, the term “Redemption” has gained currency among historians of the South. When a historical term appears frequently in the literature, it usually means that it is becoming accepted as the most accurate or appropriate way of describing a particular historical period, episode, event, development, or trend. In this way, terms like “the Progressive Era,” “the Civil War,” “the Early Republic” become orthodox terminology for the thing they refer to. In the case of Redemption, however, the term is now employed generally, but the episode it categorizes is not agreed upon. Redemption can allude to two
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Redemption
Over the past half century, the term “Redemption” has gained currency among historians of the South. When a historical term appears frequently in the literature, it usually means that it is becoming accepted as the most accurate or appropriate way of describing a particular historical period, episode, event, development, or trend. In this way, terms like the “Progressive Era,” the “Civil War,” and the “Early Republic” become orthodox terminology for the thing they refer to. In the case of Redemption, however, the term is now employed generally, but the episode it categorizes is not agreed upon. Redemption can allude to
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