Power Shift: The Rise of the Southern Rim and Its Challenge to the Eastern Establishment

by Kirkpatrick Sale

Genres: History, Economics, American, Sociology, Politics

362 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Kirkpatrick Sale (June 27, 1937) is an American author who has written prolifically about political decentralism, environmentalism, luddism and technology.

Reviews

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of names influencing public policy in the 70s are named in here. It claims the Southern American states role in national politics grew because of the post WWII real-estate boom, agribusiness, military contractors, services/leisure (sports, travel, etc) growth industries. The capital that developed the South came relatively more from Washington than the traditional sources on Wall Street, this started during the FDR administration, and organized crime activity. The Southern cowboys introduced a culture of more brazen criminality into national politics unlike the more subtle older Yankee establishment was comfortable with. Turns into more of a biography of the downfall of Nixon.