{"product_id":"the-war-on-poverty-in-mississippi-from-massive-resistance-to-new-conservatism-hardcover","title":"The War on Poverty in Mississippi: From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma J. Folwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresident Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty instigated a ferocious backlash in Mississippi. Federally funded programs--the embodiment of 1960s liberalism--directly clashed with Mississippi's closed society. From 1965 to 1973, opposing forces transformed the state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this state-level history of the war on poverty, Emma J. Folwell traces the attempts of white and black Mississippians to address the state's dire economic circumstances through antipoverty programs. At times, the war on poverty became a powerful tool for black empowerment. But more often, antipoverty programs served as a potent catalyst of white resistance to black advancement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the momentous events of 1964, both black activism and white opposition to black empowerment evolved due to these federal efforts. White Mississippians deployed massive resistance in part to stifle any black economic empowerment, twisting antipoverty programs into tools to marginalize black political power. Folwell uncovers how the grassroots war against the war on poverty laid the foundation for the fight against 1960s liberalism, as Mississippi became a national model for stonewalling social change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Folwell indicates, many white Mississippians hardwired elements of massive resistance into the political, economic, and social structure. Meanwhile, they abandoned the Democratic Party and honed the state's Republican Party, spurred by a new conservatism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma J. Folwell \u003c\/b\u003eis senior lecturer in history at Newman University in Birmingham, England. Supported by grants from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, the British Association for American Studies, and the Royal Historical Society, her research has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Mississippi History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018-19, she received a Fulbright Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467797872818,"sku":"9781496827395","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cfb65b9ae5172560b17fec33a0a93195.webp?v=1779038133","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-war-on-poverty-in-mississippi-from-massive-resistance-to-new-conservatism-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}