Gordon E. Harvey is the author of A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education, 1968–1976 and coeditor of History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie: Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South.
"An artful biography of Florida's greatest governor, The Politics
of Trust tells the story of Florida's tumultuous transformation
from a bulwark of the Old Confederacy into the large, urban,
cosmopolitan state of today. Every chapter is a great case study of
a major initiative during the Askew administration, with lessons in
how honest, principled leadership can overcome entrenched interests
while healing, or at least moderating, divisions of race and
class."
--Lance deHaven-Smith, coauthor of Government in the Sunshine
State: Florida Since Statehood and Florida's Megatrends: Critical
Issues in Florida
"The 1970s was a significant decade in Florida's politics. Governor
Reubin Askew attempted to introduce measures to cope with growth
pressures, achieve more tax equity, and bring about a more 'open
government.' Gordon E. Harvey has produced a fine analysis of
Askew's initiatives, of the politics of reform, and of the changes
that impacted Florida."
--Robert Kerstein, author of Key West on the Edge: Inventing the
Conch Republic
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