Prologue: Wallace’s South 1. The Politics of Powerlessness 2. Voting Theories and the Wallace Voter 3. Public Office 1945-1963: Wallace’s Move Toward Segregation and National Notoriety 4. The 1964 Presidential Primaries: Breaking in on the National Scene 5. Wallace Support in 1964: Building a Constituency 6. Analysis of 1964 Speeches: George C. Wallace for President 7. 1968: The Third Party 8. Wallace Support in 1968: From Southern to National Politics 9. Analysis of 1968 Speeches: Stand Up for America 10. 1972: Going After the Democratic Nomination 11. Wallace Support in 1972: The Florida Primary 12. Analysis of 1972 Speeches: Send Them a Message 13. 1976: The Last Hurrah 14. Wallace Support in 1976: Into the Mainstream 15. Analysis of 1976 Speeches: Trust the People 16. Wallace Support: Demographic and Attitudinal Changes, 1964 to 1976
Jody Carlson is assistant professor of sociology, Hunter College, City 1 versity of New York. She has previ-ously served as senior analyst for Louis Harris and Associates and research sociologist for the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. Dr. Carlson is a research consultant for the N. A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, New York City Health and Hospitals Cor-poration, and the Legal Aid Society of New York.
-Dr. Carlson has written a simultane- i ouslyfascinating and
scholarly study of the Wallace movement. It combines analysis of
voting data, psychological f theory, and public speeches, and does
so in a literate writing style. Her unique access to George Wallace
and his staff makes this an indispensable beginning to
understanding an important trend in American politics.- --Gerald
Pomper, professor of political science, Rutgers University -Dr.
Carlson has, without a doubt, il-luminated the actual popular
physics of the Wallace phenomenon as thoroughly as they've ever
been explored before. For that reason, her book will be an
indispensable resource for future stu-dents of and commentators on
that phe-nomenon and its decline.- --Marshall Frady, author of
Wallace
"Dr. Carlson has written a simultane- i ouslyfascinating and
scholarly study of the Wallace movement. It combines analysis of
voting data, psychological f theory, and public speeches, and does
so in a literate writing style. Her unique access to George Wallace
and his staff makes this an indispensable beginning to
understanding an important trend in American politics." --Gerald
Pomper, professor of political science, Rutgers University "Dr.
Carlson has, without a doubt, il-luminated the actual popular
physics of the Wallace phenomenon as thoroughly as they've ever
been explored before. For that reason, her book will be an
indispensable resource for future stu-dents of and commentators on
that phe-nomenon and its decline." --Marshall Frady, author of
Wallace
"Dr. Carlson has written a simultane- i ouslyfascinating and
scholarly study of the Wallace movement. It combines analysis of
voting data, psychological f theory, and public speeches, and does
so in a literate writing style. Her unique access to George Wallace
and his staff makes this an indispensable beginning to
understanding an important trend in American politics." --Gerald
Pomper, professor of political science, Rutgers University "Dr.
Carlson has, without a doubt, il-luminated the actual popular
physics of the Wallace phenomenon as thoroughly as they've ever
been explored before. For that reason, her book will be an
indispensable resource for future stu-dents of and commentators on
that phe-nomenon and its decline." --Marshall Frady, author of
Wallace
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