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Glenn Feldman examines the 1901 referendum in Alabama to introduce a constitution that would effectively disenfranchise the majority of African Americans in the state. The property qualification would also disenfranchise many poor whites, yet the poor white community was deeply divided on the issue.

Heikler Auftrag für Nick Pirandello (James Belushi): Der CIA - Agent soll Kontakt zu Außerirdischen aufnehmen, die versprochen haben, für ein Glas Wasser die Probleme der Menschheit zu lösen. Dumm nur, dass Nicks Partner, der den Deal mit den Aliens eingefädelt hat, gerade ums Leben gekommen ist. Jetzt muss Nick jemanden finden, der ihm täuschend ähnlich sieht. Die Wahl fällt auf Bob Wilson (John Ritter), einen schüchternen Versicherungsvertre...

Heikler Auftrag für Nick Pirandello (James Belushi): Der CIA - Agent soll Kontakt zu Außerirdischen aufnehmen, die versprochen haben, für ein Glas Wasser die Probleme der Menschheit zu lösen. Dumm nur, dass Nicks Partner, der den Deal mit den Aliens eingefädelt hat, gerade ums Leben gekommen ist. Jetzt muss Nick jemanden finden, der ihm täuschend ähnlich sieht. Die Wahl fällt auf Bob Wilson (John Ritter), einen schüchternen Versicherungsvertr...

Examines how the south became the 'Solid South' for the Democratic Party and how that solidarity began to crack with the advent of American involvement in World War II. Glenn Feldman argues that the history of the solid Democratic south is actually marked by several ironies that involve a concern with the fundamental nature of southern society and culture and the central place that race and allied types of cultural conservatism have played in ...

Detailing the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954, this collection refutes the notion that the movement began with the Supreme Court decision, and suggests, rather, that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II.

This first book-length examination of the Klan in Alabama represents exhaustive research that challenges traditional interpretations.

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From the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the South has exerted an outsized influence on American government and history while being distinctly anti-government. Nation within a Nation features cutting-edge work by lead scholars in the fields of history, political science, and human geography, who examine the causes real and perceived for the South's perpetual state of rebellion, which remains one of its ...

This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of southern history and culture, furthering our understanding of the best historical work produced on the region.

Has the South, once the "Solid South" of the Democratic Party, truly become an unassailable Republican stronghold? If so, when, where, why, and how did this seismic change occur? Moreover, what are the implications for the U.S. body politic? Painting Dixie Red is the first volume to grapple with these difficult yet critical questions. In this fascinating and timely collection, a distinguished group of scholars engages in an enlightening debat...

The Great Melding: War, the Dixiecrat Rebellion, and the Southern Road to America's New Conservatism is the second book in Glenn Feldman's groundbreaking series on how the American South switched its allegiance from the Democratic to the Republican Party in the twentieth century.

Politics and Religion in the White South examines the powerful ways in which religious considerations have shaped American political discourse. Since the inception of the Republic, politics have remained a subject of lively discussion and debate. Although based on secular ideals, American government and politics have often been peppered with Christian influences. Especially in the mostly Protestant South, religion and politics have been nearly...

A study that challenges the scholarship on the roots of disfranchisement in America, arguing that historians have misunderstood the role of race and class in this antidemocratic movement. It shows that the racist appeals of Alabama's white planters, industrialists, and other conservatives motivated poor whites in greater numbers.