During the Jim Crow era, the Democratic Party dominated the American South, presiding over a racially segregated society while also playing an outsized role in

During the Jim Crow era, the Democratic Party dominated the American South, presiding over a racially segregated society while also playing an outsized role in

Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system—long referred to as the

Traces how the Republican Party in the South after Reconstruction transformed from a biracial organization to a mostly all-white one.

Drawing together leading scholars, the book provides a revealing new map of the US political economy in cross-national perspective.