The Modern Republican Party in Florida

by Peter Dunbar, Mike Haridopolos, Peter M. Dunbar

Despite Florida's current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against a Democratic powerhouse. This book tells the story of how the Republican Party of Florida became the influential force it is today. Republicans briefly came to power in Florida after the Civil War but were called "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" by residents who resented pro-Union leadership. They were so unpopular that they didn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813066123
• ISBN13: 9780813066127
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"