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Why White liberals fail : race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump

Title
Why White liberals fail : race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump / Anthony J. Badger.
Author
Badger, Anthony J.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
vii, 242 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
"Anthony Badger explains why liberal campaigns for race-neutral economic policies failed to win over white Southerners. When federal programs did not deliver the economic benefits that white Southerners expected, the appeal of biracial politics was supplanted by the values-based lure of conservative Republicans"--
Series Statement
The Nathan I. Huggins lectures
Uniform Title
Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Subject
  • Since 1865
  • Liberalism > Southern States
  • Conservatism > Southern States
  • White people > Southern States > Politics and government
  • New Deal, 1933-1939 > Southern States
  • Campaign promises > Southern States
  • Campaign promises
  • Conservatism
  • Economic history
  • Economic policy
  • Liberalism
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Politics and government
  • Race relations
  • White people > Politics and government
  • White people
  • Economic conditions
  • Southern States > Politics and government > 1865-
  • Southern States > Economic conditions > 1945-
  • Southern States > Race relations
  • Southern States > Economic policy
  • Southern States
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. A southern New Deal, 1933-1945. The New Deal: southern enthusiasm ; Liberal hopes and conservative fears -- Part II. Racial change, a long massive resistance, and liberal fatalism, 1945-1965. A liberal window of opportunity? ; Brown and backlash -- Part III. The rise and fall of biracial politics after 1965. Voting rights, a long southern strategy, and conservative accommodation ; Thwarted promises of a new south.
Call Number
JFD 23-999
ISBN
  • 9780674242340
  • 0674242343
LCCN
2021047198
OCLC
1266212752
Author
Badger, Anthony J., author.
Title
Why White liberals fail : race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump / Anthony J. Badger.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Nathan I. Huggins lectures
Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1865
Other Form:
Online version: Badger, Anthony J. Why White liberals fail. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022 0674276116 (OCoLC)1314627483
Research Call Number
JFD 23-999
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