Patchwork Nation: Sectionalism and Political Change in American Politics

by James G. Gimpel and Jason E. Schuknecht

Book Overview

The unprecedented geographic and socioeconomic mobility of twentieth-century America was accompanied by a major reshuffling of political support in many parts of the country. Yet at the dawn of the new century these local and regional movements are still poorly understood. How can we account for persistent political regionalism and the sectional changes that have radically altered the nation's political landscape, from the Sun Belt to the Rust Belt?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472030302
• ISBN13: 9780472030309
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"