Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968

Boris Heersink is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York. His research focuses on American political parties, and campaigns and elections. Jeffery A. Jenkins is Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on federal lawmaking, separation-of-powers, political economy, and American political development.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Republican Party and the South: some preliminaries; Part I. The South and National Republican Party Politics, 1865–1968: 3. The rise and fall of a Republican South, 1865–1877; 4. The attempt to rebuild the Republican Party in the South, 1877–1896; 5. The system of 1896 and Republicanism in the South, 1897–1932; 6. Towards a modern Southern strategy, 1933–1968; Photos; Part II. Southern Republican Party Politics at the State Level: 7. Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Alabama; 8. Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee; 9. South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi; 10. Conclusion. The relevance of the South in the Republican Party.

'How did Lincoln's Republican Party transform into today's modern party of white, conservative America? Heersink and Jenkins dig deep into the under-tilled politics of the post-Civil War Southern Republican Party, rewarding us with a robust and fascinating account of the South's partisan evolution. With impressive historical sweep and carefully crafted case studies, Republican Party Politics and the American South makes an essential contribution to our understanding of America's political development.' Sarah Binder, George Washington University, Washington DC