Southern Identity, Political Change & Why the South Still Matters | Chris Cooper – Western Carolina University (Ep. 24)

<p><a href="https://www.wcu.edu/faculty/ccooper.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Chris Cooper</a> on how the South has become more urban, diverse, and connected to the rest of America, yet its identity as Southern still matters. Cooper is the author of: <a href="https://uncpress.org/9781469681719/anatomy-of-a-purple-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Prime</a>r and co-author with Gibbs Knotts of <a href="https://uncpress.org/9781469652160/the-resilience-of-southern-identity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Cooper recommends</strong>: <a href="https://redshelf.com/app/ecom/book/2809348/southern-politics-in-state-and-nation-2809348-9781621909880-vo-key" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Southern Politics in State and Nation</a> (Key), <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/movers-and-stayers-9780190052904?cc=us&lang=en&" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Movers and Stayers: <em>The Partisan Transformation of 21st Century Southern Politics</em></a> (Irwin), <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo24732099.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Insecure Majorities: <em>Congress and the Perpetual Campaign</em></a> (Lee), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1643363026?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South: The Untold Story</a> (Hood and McKee), and <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691285504/an-american-problem?srsltid=AfmBOorVAb5sDCJo3r7lXGxDTjawHAQ1DErJYE2LSwR3GAFFD9-36tce" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">An American Problem: <em>How the Country Built—and the Supreme Court Broke—the Voting Rights Act </em></a>(Miller and Morris)</p><p><br></p>