The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865–1944

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1. The “Reconstruction syndrome” and the Calcification of Conservative Culture 1 2. elements of Democratic solidarity and Discontent: industry, economics, Calvinist Religion, and Jim Crow 21 3. For blacks only: The Perversion of Alabama Progressivism 41 4. Race over Rum, Romans, and Republicans 67 5. Placing Culture on hold: The new Deal Coalition, its First Cracks, and the “Great melding” Takes shape 87 6. splitting the new Deal Coalition open 123 7. The “liberal south” and the Central Tragedy of southern Politics 163 8. Cheap labor, the FePC, and Frank Dixon as Knight-errant of the south 184 9. Racial Challenge, White Reaction, and Chauncey sparks as the new Champion 208 10. Race, Religion, and the “status Quo society” 247 11. liberals, Friends of the negro, and Charging hell with a Toothpick 266 epilogue: since 1944 291 notes 313 selected bibliography of Primary sources 413 index 429 ...