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Why White liberals fail, race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump, Anthony J. Badger

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Why White liberals fail, race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump, Anthony J. Badger
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Why White liberals fail
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1266212752
Responsibility statement
Anthony J. Badger
Sub title
race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump
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"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of 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
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