Frank B. Atkinson

Dynamic Dominion

Realignment and the Rise of Two-Party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Dynamic Dominion tells the dramatic story of Virginia's political transformation from the Second World War to the Reagan Revolution. The cradle of American democracy - and thus of the democratic movement that is sweeping the globe today - the venerable Old Dominion has emerged again in the second half of the 20th century as a dynamic political pace setter for the nation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9780742552081
• ISBN-10: 074255208X
• Artikelnr.: 21863988

Autorenporträt

Frank B. Atkinson

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface: A Heritage of Leadership
Part 2 I. The Byrd Organization's Loosening Grip (1945-1953)
Chapter 3 1. Harry Byrd's Virginia
Chapter 4 2. Mountain-Valley Republicanism
Chapter 5 3. Tuck, "Trumanism," and the 1948 Miscue
Chapter 6 4. 1949: Thunder on the Left
Chapter 7 5. The Eisenhower Invasion
Chapter 8 6. "Golden Silence" and Presidential Republicanism
Chapter 9 7. The Ted Dalton Phenomenon
Part 10 II. Hostage to Massive Resistance (1945-1963)
Chapter 11 8. Byrd, Brown, and the Politics of Race
Chapter 12 9. 1957: The Massive Resistance Election
Chapter 13 10. Almond Joyless: The Collapse and its Aftermath
Chapter 14 11. Governor Harrison and the "Happy Bridge"
Part 15 III. A New Democratic Coalition Emerges (1964-1967)
Chapter 16 12. Suddenly, an Expanded Electorate
Chapter 17 13. Identity Crisis: The Goldwater GOP Battles Byrd
Chapter 18 14. Aboard the Lady Byrd Special
Chapter 19 15. The Godwin Revolution
Chapter 20 16. 1966: End of an Era
Part 21 IV. Triumph and Turmoil: The Holton GOP (1968-1971)
Chapter 22 17. Prologue: Republican Resolve, Democratic Division
Chapter 23 18. "It's Time for a Change"
Chapter 24 19. Linwood Holton and the Burden of Being Governor First
Chapter 25 20. 1970: Opportunity Lost
Chapter 26 21. The Reynolds Tragedy
Part 27 V. Obenshain, Godwin, and the Rapid Realignment (1945-1953)
Chapter 28 22. The Realignment that Might Have Been
Chapter 29 23. 1972: Obenshain Takes Charge
Chapter 30 24. Mills Godwin: Reluctant Republican
Chapter 31 25. Armageddon, Virginia-Style
Chapter 32 26. Watergate: Realignment Reassessed
Part 33 VI. The Conservative Coalition and Republican Ascendancy
(1976-1980)
Chapter 34 27. The Enigmatic "Coalition"
Chapter 35 28. The State-of-the-Art GOP
Chapter 36 29. Henry Howell Strikes Again
Chapter 37 30. 1977: The Dalton Dream Fulfilled
Chapter 38 31: The "Great Indoor Primary" of 1978
Chapter 39 32. The Obenshain Tragedy
Chapter 40 33. The Country Catches Up
Part 41 Epilogue: Into the Reagan Era