The Door of Hope [electronic resource] : Republican Presidents and the First Southern Strategy, 1877-1933 /
Frantz, Edward O.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2011.
Presidential journeys throughout the South were public rituals that provided a platform for the issues of race, religion, and Republicanism for both white and black southerners. Frantz skillfully notes the common themes and questions scrutinized during this time and finely crafts comparisons between the presidents' speeches and strategies while they debated the power dynamics that underlay their society.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Presidential journeys throughout the South were public rituals that provided a platform for the issues of race, religion, and Republicanism for both white and black southerners. Frantz skillfully notes the common themes and questions scrutinized during this time and finely crafts comparisons between the presidents' speeches and strategies while they debated the power dynamics that underlay their society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-287) and index.
Introduction: Race, Republicans, and region : the context for presidential tours of the South -- Hitchhiking on the Hayes highway : the first Southern tour, 1877 -- Harrison's haggard haul : the second Southern tour, 1891 -- McKinley's methodical measures : the third Southern tour, 1898 -- The encore expedition : McKinley returns, 1901 -- Roosevelt rides roughshod : TR's Southern tour, 1905 -- Taft toils throughout : the frequent Southern campaigns, 1908-1913 -- Epilogue: Hoover's harrowing handling : the Southern speeches, 1928-1933.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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