Format:
1 online resource (392 pages)
ISBN:
9781400852291
Series Statement:
The James Madison Library in American Politics Ser
Content:
One of the most important and controversial books in modern American politics, The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) explained how Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968-and why the Republicans would go on to dominate presidential politics for the next quarter century. Rightly or wrongly, the book has widely been seen as a blueprint for how Republicans, using the so-called Southern Strategy, could build a durable winning coalition in presidential elections. Certainly, Nixon's election marked the end of a "New Deal Democratic hegemony" and the beginning of a conservative realignment encompassing historically Democratic voters from the South and the Florida-to-California "Sun Belt," in the book's enduring coinage. In accounting for that shift, Kevin Phillips showed how two decades and more of social and political changes had created enormous opportunities for a resurgent conservative Republican Party. For this new edition, Phillips has written a preface describing his view of the book, its reception, and how its analysis was borne out in subsequent elections. A work whose legacy and influence are still fiercely debated, The Emerging Republican Majority is essential reading for anyone interested in American politics or history.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- General Editor's Introduction -- Preface to the Princeton University Press edition -- Preface to the 1970 paperback edition -- I. Introduction -- II. The Northeast -- A. Northeast Sociopolitical Voting Streams -- 1. The Establishment -- 2. The Yankees -- 3. The Negroes -- 4. The Jews -- 5. The Non-Yankee Northeast -- 6. The Catholics -- 7. Suburbia -- B. The Northeastern Future -- III. The South -- A. The Deep South -- 1. The Black Belt -- 2. Dixie Upcountry -- 3. French Louisiana -- B. The Outer South -- 1. The Southern Mountains -- 2. The Piedmont -- 3. The Black Belts -- 4. The New Urban Florida and Texas -- 5. The Southern Plains -- 6. The Latin Crescent -- C. The Future of Southern Politics -- IV. The Heartland -- A. The Border -- B. The Great Lakes -- C. The Farm States -- D. The Mountain States -- E. A United Heartland -- V. The Pacific States -- A. The Northern Pacific Coast -- B. Southern California -- 1. The Sun Belt Phenomenon -- 2. The Rise of Southern California -- C. The Pacific Interior -- D. The Pacific Future -- VI. The Future of American Politics -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691163246
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780691163246
Language:
English
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