The Disappearing South?: Studies in Regional Change and Continuity - Hardcover

Robert P. Steed; Laurence W. Moreland; Tod A. Baker

9780817304393: The Disappearing South?: Studies in Regional Change and Continuity

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ISBN 10: 0817304398 ISBN 13: 9780817304393

Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 2002

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 There is widespread agreement that the South has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Social, demographic, economic, and political changes have altered significantly the region long considered the nation's most distinctive. There is less agreement, however, about the extent to which the forces of nationalization have eroded the major elements of Southern distinctiveness. Although this volume does not purport to settle the debate on Southern political change, it does present a variety of recent evidence that helps put this important debate into perspective. In the process it helps clarify the contemporary politics of the South for readers ranging from the scholar to the more casual observer. The essays in The Disappearing South address the ongoing debate. Contributors, in addition to the editors, include E. Lee Bernick, Earl Black, Merle Black, Lewis Bowman, Edward G. Carmines, Patrick Cotter, Thomas Eamon, Douglas G. Feig, John C. Green, James L. Guth, William E. Hulbary, Anne E. Kelley, Lyman A. Kellstedt, David M. Olson, John Shelton Reed, Harold Stanley, James G. Stovall, John Theilmann, Stephen H. Wainscott, and Allen Wilhite.

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"The subject of how distinctive the South remains after rapid social and political change in recent years is of great public interest and is a constantly recurring question in the social sciences. The book offers some very innovative and valuable insights into this raging debate and makes a significant contribution to the research on contemporary southern politics." --Stephen D. Shaffer, MississippiStateUniversity

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There is widespread agreement that the South has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Social, demographic, economic, and political changes have altered significantly the region long considered the nation's most distinctive.

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