Southern Politics Since the Civil WarA brief survey of the history of the politics of the American South from the Civil War to the Reagan administration. |
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THE POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION | 3 |
BOURBON DEMOCRACY | 17 |
AGRARIAN POLITICIANS | 29 |
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