tod baker frederick wright (1 résultats)

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). x, 308 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.25cm. No dust jacket present. Dark gray cloth; mild staining to front board; silver stamping to front board and spine remains bright; slight scuffing/bumping to spine ends and board corners. Light toning to endpapers; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Collection of papers presented at the 1984 and 1986 Citadel Military College of South Carolina symposia on southern politics. Illustrated by tables and figures; Acknowledgements; "Introduction: Politics and Race in the South" by Robert P. Steed, Laurence W. Moreland, Tod A. Baker; Index; concluding "About the Editors and Contributors." *** Features fifteen chapters within four parts. PART I-THE PRE-1965 HISTORICAL CONTEXT. "The history of black political participation to 1965" by Frederick D. Wright; "White violence and the civil rights movement" by David C. Colby; "The Democratic presidency and voting rights in the second Reconstruction" by Mark Stern. PART II-BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOUTHERN POLITICS: MASS AND ELITE. "Blacks and the 1984 elections in the South: racial polarization and regional congruence" by Linda F. Williams; "Black voter registration in the South: hypotheses and occurrences" by Mark Stern; "Black party activists: a profile" by Laurence W. Moreland, Robert P. Steed, Tod A. Baker; "The transformation of the role of black ministers and black political organizations in Louisiana politics" by Charles D. Hadley; "Blacks' political representation in rural Mississippi" by Theodore J. Davis, Jr. PART III-SOUTHERN POLITICS AND THE 1984 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF JESSE JACKSON. "Win, Jesse, win: a test of models of race and vote" by Douglas D. Rose, Paul J. Stekler; "Reactions to the Jackson candidacy among Southern black Democratic party activist" by E. Lee Bernick, Charles L. Prysby; "Jesse Jackson and the Southern white electorate in 1984" by David O. Sears, Jack Citrin, Rick Kosterman; "The Jackson campaign in Virginia: precinct and state-level activists" by John J. McGlennon. PART IV-CONTINUING QUESTIONS IN BLACK POLITICS. "The election of blacks to Southern city councils: the dominant impact of electoral arrangements" by Richard L. Engstrom, Michael D. McDonald; "Runoff primaries and black political influence" by Harold W. Stanley; "The incidences of runoff primaries" by Charles S. Bullock III and Loch K. Johnson. ISBN 0275926559.