Nation Within a Nation

Glenn Feldman (1962–2015) was professor of history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Painting Dixie Red: When, Where, Why, and How the South Became Republican and Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South.

The chapters—individually and collectively—make a powerful case for southern distinctiveness and illustrate the southernization of the relationship between non-southern states and the federal government."—Journal of American Studies"The book is an interesting read for those concerned with the history of the South, but also for those interested in how newer issues such as the US-Mexican border and criminal justice policies fit within the region's history."—New Books in Political Science"Genuinely transnational in scope. . . . Make[s] significant contributions to our understanding of the relationship between the South and the federal government."—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction — Glenn FeldmanPart I. Past to Present1. First to Secede, Last to Accede: South Carolina's Resistance to the Republic, 1780–Present — Thomas F. SchallerPart II. Race, War, and Culture2. Tom Watson and Resistance to Federal War Policies in Georgia during World War I — Zachary C. Smith3. "Negroes, the New Deal, and . . . Karl Marx": Southern Antistatism in Depression and War — Jason Morgan Ward4. Dixiecrats, Dissenting Delegates, and the Dying Democratic Party: Mississippi's Right Turn from Roosevelt to Johnson — Rebecca Miller Davis5. Right Turn? The Republican Party and African American Politics in Post-1965 Mississippi — Chris DanielsonPart III. A Nation within a Nation?6. Texas Philosophy, Nashville Agrarianism, Reagan Republicanism, and the Neo-Confederacy: The Influence of M. E. Bradford — Fred Arthur Bailey7. The Evil Empire Within: Southern Nationalism and the Washington Problem — David R. JanssonPart IV. Economic Development and Reform8. Getting Farmers—and Tourists—"Out of the Mud": Alabama's Nineteenth-Century Experience with Public Projects and Its Response to the Federal Road Aid Acts of 1916 and 1921 — Martin T. Olliff9. "From Nothin' to Somethin'": The Tennessee Valley Authority and Federal-Local Cooperation in the Sun Belt South, 1940–1960 — Matthew L. Downs10. Lighting the "Dark and Evil World": Judge J. Smith Henley, Arkansas, and the Federal Judiciary's Reform of the Southern Prison — Gregory L. RichardPart V. Tax Fury and the Tea Party11. The Tea Party in the South: Populism Revisited? — Allan B. McBride12. Deal or No Deal: Taxes, Government Spending, and Alabamians Having Their Cake and Eating It Too — Natalie Motise DavisList of ContributorsIndex