Grantham (history, Vanderbilt U.) observes that at the end of Reconstruction the South was the nation's poorest, most isolated, and most "distinctive" region. This study is concerned with post-Reconstruction South and its interaction with the rest of the nation, in particular: sectional conflict; compromise and accommodation in the relationship between North and South; regional convergence attributed to such compromise; and regional specificity of the South. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The South in Modern America: A Region at Odds (New American Nation Series)

History

Grantham, Dewey W.

Americas

Harpercollins

The United States Since 1945: The Ordeal of Power (Tax and Estate Planning Series)

McGraw-Hill Companies

The life & death of the Solid South: A political history (New perspectives on the South)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

University Press of Kentucky

Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system―long referred to as the Solid South―embodied a distinctive regional culture and was perpetuated through an undemocratic distribution of power and a structure based on disfranchisement, malapportioned legislatures, and one-party politics. It was the mechanism that determined who would govern in the states and localities, and in national politics it was the means through which the South's politicians defended their region's special interests and political autonomy. The history of this remarkable institution can be traced in the gradual rise, long persistence, and ultimate decline of the Democratic Party dominance in the land below the Potomac and the Ohio. This is the story that Dewey W. Grantham tells in his fresh and authoritative account of the South's modern political experience. The distillation of many years of research and reflection, is both a synthesis of the extensive literature on politics in the recent South and a challenging reinterpretation of the region's political history.

The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History (New Perspectives On The South)

Southern Progressivism: The Reconciliation of Progress and Tradition

Univ of Tennessee Pr

Southern Progressivism: The Reconciliation of Progress and Tradition (Twentieth-Century America Series

Contemporary American History: The United States Since 1945

Amer Historical Assn

This third edition of Recent America is an extensive revision that includes entirely new material to carry the coverage forward into the second decade of the twenty-first century―right up through the recent midterm elections of 2010. With an emphasis on national politics, the ever-evolving multicultural American society, the role of the United States in international affairs, and economic trends, this third considers changes in American literature, fine arts, music, film, pop culture, and sports and their relationships to social, cultural, and economic trends. The incorporation of these often overlooked historical themes presents a more relevant and inclusive recent history of the United States. Building upon the tradition set forth by Dewey Grantham in the first and second editions of his highly readable and informative survey history of the United States since World War II, Thomas Maxwell-Long brings new perspectives and explores new realities that Americans did not face even as recently as the turn of the century. The result provides students with an engaging, well-rounded, and thoughtfully illustrated narrative that reconstructs history and also makes strong connections between the present and the past.

Recent America: The United States Since 1945

Maxwell-Long, Thomas

Wiley/Blackwell

Harlan Davidson

This second edition of Recent America is an extensive revision of the first one and includes entirely new material that carries the coverage forward, from the mid-1940s to the present. The emphasis is on national politics, federal policy, and the role of the United States in international affairs, but careful attention also is given to economic trends, the evolving social order, and major cultural changes. In the pages of this book the author has attempted to bring new perspectives to bear on the recent history and to encourage what historian Felix Gilbert describes as reconstructing a historical consciousness that integrates the present with the past. I hope the result will provide a useful and engaging introduction to the last half century of American history, one that will interest students and general readers alike.

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