Strom Thurmond's America A History

Name: Strom Thurmond's America A History
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ISBN: 9780809084340

ISBN-10: 0809084341

ISBN-13: 9780809084340

Edition: 2013

Authors: Joseph Crespino

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One reviewer likened the subject of Strom Thurmond's America to "a malevolent Forrest Gump." As Joseph Crespino's inspired biography of the late politician demonstrates, a better description of Thurmond would be hard to find. Thurmond's life spanned nearly the entire twentieth century, while his career saw him play a central role in the turning points of postwar American politics. As the presidential nominee of the short-lived Dixiecrat Party and as a longtime South Carolina senator, Thurmond was a national power broker and, along with Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, a key figure in the rise of modern conservatism. Though best remembered for his twenty-four-hour filibuster in…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 9/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



Up from Edgefield



Edgefield, U.S.A. (1902-1932)



Becoming Governor Thurmond (1932-1947)



States' Rights Democrat



Lost In Translation (1948)



Pluck and Luck (1949-1954)



Massive Resistances (1955-1960)



Outside Agitators (1960-1963)



Muzzling and the American Right (1958-1963)



Sunbelt Republican



Party Hopping (1964)



Law and Order (1965-1968)



Annus Mirabilis (1968)



Perils of an Insider (1969-1972)



A New Right and the Old (1972-1980)



Myths, Memories, and Legacies



Ol' Strom in the Modern South (1978-1990)



All Strom's Children (1990-2003)


Epilogue: The Scarred Stone


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index