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WALLACE PHENOMENON: THE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AS A REACTION TO CHANGE

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Date Issued:
1976
Summary:
This paper examines the rise of George Corley Wallace on the national political scene. The 1968 election is placed in its social, economic and political context and the forces which enabled Wallace to run as a third party candidate are explained. There is a detailed analysis of Wallace's support in the 1968 campaign. The economic, social, political, geographical and attitudinal backgrounds of Wallaceites are examined. The causes of Wallace's decline are itemized and the impact he and his supporters have had on American politics are evaluated.
Title: THE WALLACE PHENOMENON: THE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AS A REACTION TO CHANGE.
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Name(s): CRASS, PHILIP HARVEY.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Curl, Donald W., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 95 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This paper examines the rise of George Corley Wallace on the national political scene. The 1968 election is placed in its social, economic and political context and the forces which enabled Wallace to run as a third party candidate are explained. There is a detailed analysis of Wallace's support in the 1968 campaign. The economic, social, political, geographical and attitudinal backgrounds of Wallaceites are examined. The causes of Wallace's decline are itemized and the impact he and his supporters have had on American politics are evaluated.
Identifier: 13799 (digitool), FADT13799 (IID), fau:10628 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Wallace, George C--(George Corley),--1919-
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