Mississippi politics: the struggle for power, 1976-2008
By: Jere Nash and Andy Taggart ; Foreword by John Grisham.
Contributors: Taggart, Andy.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604732665
Subjects: Political parties -- Mississippi -- History; Power (Social sciences) -- Mississippi -- History; Politicians -- Mississippi -- Interviews; Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Genres: Interviews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of Mississippi democrats, 1948 1975; title: History of Mississippi republicans, 1955 1975; title: The beginning of the end, 1976; title: The campaign to succeed Jim Eastland, 1977 1978; title: Democrats win one and republicans lose one, 1979; title: The origins of reapportionment, 1890 1979; title: Ronald Reagan and Jon Hinson, 1980 1981; title: Education transforms the legislature, 1982; title: The Allain/Bramlett campaign and; title: William Winter's legacy, 1983; title: The erosion of legislative power, 1984; title: The rise of Mike Espy, 1985 1986; title: Highways, Buddie Newman, and Ray Mabus, 1987; title: The campaign to succeed john stennis, 1988 - Liquor and gambling in mississippi, 1989 1990; title: Republicans gain the governor's mansion, 1991; title: The politics of reapportionment, 1992 1993; title: The gop consolidates power, 1994 1996; title: Tobacco, 1997 1998; title: The legacy of kirk fordice, 1999; title: The state flag and congressional reapportionment; title: 2001; title: The consequences of tort reform, 2002; title: The haley barbour years, 2003 2006; title: Mississippi politics explodes again, 2007 2008.