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Struggle for Mastery : Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908 - Michael Perman

Struggle for Mastery

Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908

By: Michael Perman

Paperback | 26 February 2001

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Around 1900, the southern states embarked on a series of political campaigns aimed at disfranchising large numbers of voters. By 1908, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia had succeeded in depriving virtually all African Americans, and a large number of lower-class whites, of the voting rights they had possessed since Reconstruction--rights they would not regain for over half a century.

Struggle for Mastery is the most complete and systematic study to date of the history of disfranchisement in the South. After examining the origins and objectives of disfranchisement, Michael Perman traces the process as it unfolded state by state. Because he examines each state within its region-wide context, he is able to identify patterns and connections that have previously gone unnoticed. Broadening the context even further, Perman explores the federal government's seeming acquiescence in this development, the relationship between disfranchisement and segregation, and the political system that emerged after the decimation of the South's electorate. The result is an insightful and persuasive interpretation of this highly significant, yet generally misunderstood, episode in U.S. history.

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This study is a major contribution to the history of the New South. It is about as close to a definitive history of disfranchisement as is possible to imagine. (George M. Fredrickson, Stanford University) Perman deals with disfranchisement in its many variations, portraying the drama of each state's struggles in powerful narrative and penetrating analysis. (Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia) This is a book which every historian of the South will have to read and ponder. ("Times Literary Supplement") Perman is the leading authority on the political history of the post-Civil War South, and his mastery of the subject is fully in evidence. ("Chicago Tribune") Using a wide range of both primary and secondary sources and bolstered by quantitative analyses, the book makes an important contribution to our understanding of late 19th- and early 20th-century Southern and national politics. ("Choice")

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