Painting Dixie Red: When, Where, Why, and How the South Became Republican

Book Overview

"An eloquent and important examination of one of the most significant political trends of the last fifty years, revealing how prescient President Lyndon Johnson was on the occasion of his signing of the 1965 Civil Rights Bill when he made his famous comment about handing the South over to the Republicans for a generation."--Ralph Young, author of Dissent in America

Has the South, once the "Solid South" of the Democratic Party, truly become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813036844
• ISBN13: 9780813036847
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"