Introduction
A Theory of Behavioral Path Dependence
I. Slavery's Contemporary Effects. How Slavery Predicts White Political Attitudes Today
An Alternative Account : Contemporary Demographics and Racial Threat
II. The Origins of Divergence. Antebellum Politics of Slavery and Race in the South
Emancipation as a Critical Juncture and the Timing of Divergence
III. Mechanisms of Persistence and Decay. Persistence and the Mechanisms of Reproduction
Interventions and Attenuation
Conclusion : What Lessons Can We Draw from Southern Slavery?