The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism and the Transformation of American Politics

by Dan T. Carter

Overview

This biography of George Wallace explains how the Alabama governor and presidential candidate was the "most influential loser in 20th century American politics." The author contends that Wallace's "new conservatism" politics ushered in the era that swept many of the republicans who followed Wallace into office. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148319597
Publisher:	ACLS Humanities E-Book
Publication date:	01/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	598
File size:	9 MB

Editorial Reviews

Dan T. Carter has captured the main elements of George Wallace's life and career in a well-crafted, insightful, and solidly researched biography. His story provides the reader with a fuller understanding as to how and why Wallace went as far as he did in state and national politics. The key, of course, is race, which was the card Wallace played at every turn to advance his political fortunes.

The American Historical Review, Vol. 102, No. 3 (Jun., 1997) - William C. Berman

Carter thoroughly explored original and secondary sources, and he conducted an impressive array of interviews with fifty-one family members, political associates, opponents, and members of the press. From this wealth of materials, he recreates the fear and uncertainty that decent southerners felt when Wallace's calls for non-compliance with federal civil rights demands stirred the hearts and hands of the mobs that killed the agents of change and poisoned wells that have yet to be cleansed.

The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Autumn, 1997) - Charles S. Bullock, III