The silent majority : suburban politics in the Sunbelt South /
Matthew D. Lassiter.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.
- xiii, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America .
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-364) and index.
Pt.1. The triumph of moderation. The divided South ; HOPE in the new South ; The open-schools movement ; The strange career of Atlanta Exceptionalism. -- Pt.2. The revolt of the center. The "Charlotte way" ; Suburban populism ; Neighborhood populism ; Neighborhood politics ; Class fairness and racial stability. -- Pt.3. Suburban strategies. The suburbanization of southern politics ; The failure of the Southern strategy ; Metropolitan divergence ; Regional convergence.