Pursuit of Unity

In Pursuit of Unity , Michael Perman presents a comprehensive analysis of the South’s political history. In the 1800s, the region endured almost continuous political crisis — nullification, secession, Reconstruction, the Populist revolt, and disfranchisement. For most of the twentieth century, the region was dominated by a one-party system, the “Solid South,” that ensured both political unity internally and political influence in Washington. But in both centuries, the South suffered from the non