The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave

by Devin Caughey

Book Overview

During the Jim Crow era, the Democratic Party dominated the American South, presiding over a racially segregated society while also playing an outsized role in national politics. In this compelling book, Devin Caughey provides an entirely new understanding of electoral competition and national representation in this exclusionary one-party enclave. Challenging the notion that the Democratic Party's political monopoly inhibited competition and served...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181802
• ISBN13: 9780691181806
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"