"The South is today, as it always has been, the key to understanding American society, its politics, its constitutional anomalies and government structure, its
Goldfield provides a statistical and historical examination of the erosion of unionization in the private sector. Based on National Labor Relations Board data,
The transformation of Southern politics over the past fifty years has been one of the most significant developments in American political life. The emergence of
By the 1920s, the sectional reconciliation that had seemed achievable after Reconstruction was foundering, and the South was increasingly perceived and portraye