“Enlightening. . . . Feldman brings into conversation twelve essays dealing with divergent locations, issues, and people to demonstrate the South’s nuanced transition from solidly Democrat to reliably Republican.”—Southern Historian
“A remarkable series of insightful essays.”—Florida Historical Quarterly
“An important addition to the literature on the politics of the South.”—Arkansas Historical Quarterly
“A useful addition to the substantial array of scholarly literature addressing the topic.”—Historian
“Makes a reasoned argument that we must go far deeper and farther afield to explain the change of parties.”—Alabama Review
Glenn Feldman is professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and author or editor of numerous books including Nation within a Nation: The American South and the Federal Government and The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944.
“An informative and entertaining collection of essays on the rise of the Republican Party in the South.”—North Carolina Historical Review
