{"product_id":"three-governors-controversy-charles-s-bullock-iii-9780820352923","title":"Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn't just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state's progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county unit system, Jim Crow intimidation of black voters, and the Talmadge machine's \"loyal 100,000\" voters united to claim the governorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath, progressive political forces in Georgia would shrink into obscurity for the better part of a generation. In this volume is the story of how the political, governmental, and Jim Crow social institutions not only defeated Georgia's progressive forces but forestalled their effectiveness for a decade and a half.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles S. III Bullock, Scott E. Buchanan, Ronald Keith Gaddie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820352926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820352923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Charles S. III Bullock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926517219583,"sku":"9780820352923","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b105116-b57c-48af-891f-f5c5ae263643.jpg?v=1681083501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-governors-controversy-charles-s-bullock-iii-9780820352923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}