{"product_id":"the-life-and-death-of-dewey-w-grantham-9780813108131","title":"The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouthern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system -- long referred to as the Solid South -- embodied a distinctive regional culture and was perpetuated through an undemocratic distribution of power and a structure based on disfranchisement, malapportioned legislatures, and one-party politics. It was the mechanism that determined who would govern in the states and localities, and in national politics it was the means through which the South's politicians defended their region's special interests and political autonomy. The history of this remarkable institution can be traced in the gradual rise, long persistence, and ultimate decline of the Democratic Party dominance in the land below the Potomac and the Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story that Dewey W. Grantham tells in his fresh and authoritative account of the South's modern political experience. The distillation of many years of research and reflection, is both a synthesis of the extensive literature on politics in the recent South and a challenging reinterpretation of the region's political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dewey W. Grantham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813108136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813108131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Dewey W. Grantham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120301240575,"sku":"9780813108131","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d081a996-fb9c-4b77-b996-d515b9749193.jpg?v=1687413580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-death-of-dewey-w-grantham-9780813108131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}