{"product_id":"painting-dixie-red-when-where-why-and-how-the-south-became-republican-paperback","title":"Painting Dixie Red: When, Where, Why, and How the South Became Republican - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenn Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An eloquent and important examination of one of the most significant political trends of the last fifty years, revealing how prescient President Lyndon Johnson was on the occasion of his signing of the 1965 Civil Rights Bill when he made his famous comment about handing the South over to the Republicans for a generation.\"--Ralph Young, author of \u003ci\u003eDissent in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePainting \u003c\/i\u003eDixie 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlenn Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and author or editor of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eNation within a Nation: The American South and the Federal Government \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486312186034,"sku":"9780813060989","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/08dbeba99f87930e1b90b98f5a71417d.webp?v=1779306191","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/painting-dixie-red-when-where-why-and-how-the-south-became-republican-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}