Race or party how courts should think about republican. This book attempts to explain the origins of the political system in the south. The southern democratic party was merely a holdingcompany for transient, arguing factions. Vann woodward, including a foundational book on southern political history, the shaping of southern politics. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Southern politics, suffrage restriction, establishment of the. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 new haven. Morgan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The virginia debt controversy, 18701883 lexington, ky. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Morgan kousser in his pathbreaking 1974 book, the shaping of southern politics. Morgan kousser, the shaping of southern politics new haven, ct. Minority voting rights and the undoing of the second reconstruction univ. Morgan kousser, harmsworth professor of american history 19845 oxford j morgan kousser. Power of the southern bloc in congress us house of.
Sep 04, 2012 kousser s the shaping of southern politics was an immediate classic, and remains the most important book written on postreconstruction southern politics. The deep south is commonly referred to as the cotton states, given that the production of cotton was a primary cash crop. Sufrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910. Joseph kousser california institute of technology, ca. Professor koussers book, an adaptation of his dissertation topic, seeks 220 louisiana history to amplify the politics of the turn of the century political system of the. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 historical publications. Hamm on 11 november, three days after the 1892 presidential and congres. Book, print in english the shaping of southern politics. In his 1974 book, the shaping of southern politics, morgan kousser, one of the leading scholars on the subject, attempts to overturn a former view of disfranchisement by arguing that legal disfranchisement at the turn of the century was more effective in creating the oneparty state than former methods of violence. Professor kousser s book, an adaptation of his dissertation topic, seeks. The politics of voter suppression wang, tova andrea, nittoli, janice. Kousser demonstrates clearly that republicans, far from disappearing from politics after reconstruction, remained a vibrant force in the regions politics until disfranchisement.
Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 yale historical publications. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 historical publications, miscellany series paperback 1974. Kousser, the undermining of the first reconstruction. But riser has written the first comprehensive history of the legal. Vann woodward,1 including a foundational book on southern political his tory, the shaping of southern politics.
Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 historical publications, miscellany series j. Koussers the shaping of southern politics was an immediate classic, and remains the most important book written on postreconstruction southern politics. Kousser s the shaping of southern politics was an immediate classic, and remains the most important book written on postreconstruction southern politics. Yale university press, 1974 southern states 319 pages. Listen to the ezra klein show episodes free, on demand. Joseph kousser california institute of technology, ca cit.
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Kousser, shaping of southern politics, 11, 39, 246. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 by j. The deep south is a cultural and geographic subregion in the southern united states. Morgan kousser pronounced cow zer is professor of history and social science at the california institute of technology and the author of the shaping of southern politics. Morgan kousser in his pathbreaking 1974 book, the shaping of southern politics, tells the compelling story of african american disenfranchisement at the beginning of the last century.
Professor koussers book, an adaptation of his dissertation topic, seeks. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 yale historical publications series by kousser isbn. Others have written about the white effort to disfranchise black voters in the south in the late nineteenth century in particular, see michael permans struggle for mastery chapel hill, nc, 2001 and e. Minority voting rights and the undoing of the second reconstruction 1999. He is the author of the shaping of southern politics. Morgan kousser, brief bio morgan kousser pronounced cow zer is william r. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 yale historical publications series by kousser, j. Articles strange career and the need for a second reconstruction of the history of race relations, in raymond arsenault and vernon burton, eds. Suf frage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910. Kousser was the editor of the journal historical methods from 2000 to 20.
The view is that the south has no political parties. Some backed black disenfranchisement as the only way to remove the race issue from electoral politics and thus structure conflict along class and cultural lines. Koussers the shaping of southern politics was an immediate classic, and remains the most impor. How courts should think about republican efforts to make it harder to vote in north carolina and elsewhere. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Morgan 1999 violence and law in the shaping of southern politics book. Clark race, prohibition, and politics in danville, 18871893 by richard f.
Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 1974, and colorblind injustice. As a historian, kousser has written a number of important works on the american south in the tradition of his mentor, c. It will be read as a commentary on donald trump, which is fair enough, because the book is, in part, a commentary on donald trump. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 yale univ.
Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south. Morgan kousser is professor of history and social science at the california institute of technology and author of the shaping of southern politics. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910, at 182. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 new haven, conn yale university press, 1974, 24344. Historically, it was differentiated as those states most dependent on plantations and slave societies during the pre civil war period. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 yale. He has served as an expert witness in nineteen federal voting rights cases.
Jan 01, 2012 others have written about the white effort to disfranchise black voters in the south in the late nineteenth century in particular, see michael permans struggle for mastery chapel hill, nc, 2001 and e. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 j. Morgan kousser s shaping of southern politics new haven, ct, 1974. In his 1974 book, the shaping of southern politics, morgan kousser, one of the leading scholars on the subject, attempts to overturn a former view of disfranchisement by arguing that legal disfranchisement at the turn of the century was more effective in creating the oneparty state than former methods of violence and intimidation at the polls.
The development of nineteenth century litigation on racial discrimination in schools inaugural lectures by kousser, j. On the readjusters, see james tice moore, two paths to the new south. Morgan kousser is charting the history of the voting rights act in an effort to. Suffrage restriction and the establishment of the oneparty south, 18801910 jk1936. White populists and other antidemocrats differed on how best to counter planters and nascent industrialists.