Research Catalog

Title

From yellow dog Democrats to red state Republicans : Florida and its politics since 1940 / David R. Colburn.

Author

Colburn, David R.

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Description

x, 262 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans, Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party and how the Republicans emerged as the dominant party in the state. Likely to raise hackles on both sides of the aisle, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation." "Colburn focuses on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that have rocked the state since the 1940s, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost. At the center of the story are the fascinating governors who played pivotal roles in every postwar development from Cracker to Sun Belt politics, from segregation to integration, from boosterism and modernization to economic and environmental crises. In the twenty-first century, he says, Florida is a dynamic, highly partisan, largely conservative state at the cultural, social, and economic Intersection of the Western Hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Florida > Politics and government > 1865-1950
• Florida > Ethnic relations > Political aspects
• Political parties > Florida
• Political culture > Florida > History > 21st century
• Political culture > Florida > History > 20th century
• Politicians > Florida
• Florida > Politics and government > 1950-
• Florida > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index.

Contents

1. From darkness to sunshine : World War II, race, and the emergence of modern Florida -- 2. Racial protest and the emergence of fault lines in the Democratic hegemony -- 3. Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles, and the reinvention of the Democratic Party -- 4. An era of political transition -- 5. Migration of the middle class, the search for community, and the emerging Hispanic presence -- 6. Holding back the Republican tide, but for how long? -- 7. From blue to red : the era of Jeb Bush and Republican hegemony -- 8. The presidential election of 2000 : what happened in Florida? -- 9. So what does the future hold for Florida?

ISBN

• 9780813031552 (alk. paper)
• 0813031559 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007007776

OCLC

• OCM85623283
• 85623283
• SCSB-5363085

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries