Böcker av Glenn Feldman

Audacious in its scope, subtle in its analysis, and persuasive in its arguments, The Great Melding is the second book in Glenn Feldman's magisterial recounting of the South's monumental transformation from a Reconstruction-era citadel of Democratic Party inertia to a cauldron of GOP agitation.

This work argues that the Ku Klux Klan remained active during the 1930s and 1940s when it was presumed dormant. The author also examines how the Klan's opponents during the Depression and war years saw it as an impediment to attracting outside investment to the state.

A collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South, considering the region's poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. It illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America.

Glenn Feldman examines the 1901 referendum in Alabama to introduce a constitution that would effectively disenfranchise the majority of African Americans in the state. The property qualification would also disenfranchise many poor whites, yet the poor white community was deeply divided on the issue.