Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics

by Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, Maya Sen

Book Overview

The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American South

Despite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the death penalty, and southern whites harbor higher levels of racial resentment than whites in other parts of the country. Why haven't...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691203725
• ISBN13: 9780691203720
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"