Lassiter And Kruse Summary

Lassiter and Kruse are arguing that the study of Southern political, industrial, and religious history used to focus on the uprising of cities in the south rather than the massive build up of suburbs. More recently, historians are beginning to look into suburbain revolution as a key focal point in the southern rise in republicanism, industrializing, and immigration since world war two.
2. Where can you find the thesis? Be sure to include a page citation.
“Until quite recently, the suburbs had not played a central or often even an explicit role in the historical analysis of southern politics and society since World War II.”(p.692)
Lassiter and Kruse are implying that the suburbs played a pivotal role, post world war two in the historical makeup of southern states. Moreover, until recently, historians never focused on the impact the suburbian culture had in the south.
3. What are the author's objectives in writing the book?
The authors objectives in this article is to mainly inform the reader of the massive role the suburbs played in the devolvement of politics and society in the south post world war two. The authors states the suburbs “provided the main locations for cold war military-industrial complexes and the power base of new Republican voters in the 1950s and 1960s. They became pivotal sites for the national battles over court-ordered busing in the 1970s and the mobilization of the Religious Right in the 1980s and