Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics
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Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics
By (Author) Avidit Acharya
By (author) Matthew Blackwell
By (author) Maya Sen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th July 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
306.3620975
Physical Properties
Hardback
296
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American South Despite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the death penalty, and southern whites harbor
Reviews
"Winner of the William H. Riker Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association"
"Best Book of the Year by one of Politico's Top 50 Thinkers (Sean McElwee)"
"This book is one of the most mind-blowing books Ive encountered recently."---Chris Hayes
"Scholars of racial attitudes have long considered how such attitudes are transmitted across generations through history, culture, and institutions, and Deep Roots makes a historically penetrating and theoretically meaningful contribution to that body of literature. The book is engaging and thorough in its analysis and puts forth theory that will be useful for readers specifically interested in the intersections of political geography, racial attitudes, and political behavior."---Amber Spry, Science
"Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen powerfully argue in their recent book Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, it is the legacy of slavery and post-Civil War segregation that gave rise to the Souths current political culture."---Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate
"A timely tome which explains why, from neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville to Virginia politicians donning blackface, when it comes to the South, the more things change, the more they remain insane."---Kam Williams, Tri-State Defender
Author Bio
Avidit Acharya is assistant professor of political science at Stanford University. Matthew Blackwell is assistant professor of government at Harvard University. Maya Sen is associate professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
