Two-Party Politics in the One-Party South: Alabama's Hill Country, 1874-1920

by Samuel L. Webb

A challenge to the long-held view that the only important and influential politicians in post-Reconstruction Deep South states were Democrats.

In this insightful and exhaustively researched volume, Samuel L. Webb presents new evidence that, contrary to popular belief, voters in at least one Deep South state did not flee en masse from the Republican party after Reconstruction. As Webb demonstrates conclusively, the party gained strength...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817308954
• ISBN13: 9780817308957
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"