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WALLACE PHENOMENON: THE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AS A REACTION TO CHANGE
- 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 |
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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. |
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Subject(s): | Wallace, George C--(George Corley),--1919- | |
Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT13799 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |