02290nam 2200457 a 450 991045637620332120200520144314.00-8078-8884-2(CKB)2520000000007782(EBL)515682(OCoLC)609863431(MiAaPQ)EBC515682(Au-PeEL)EBL515682(CaPaEBR)ebr10355394(CaONFJC)MIL929452(EXLCZ)99252000000000778220071012d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||The paradox of Tar Heel politics[electronic resource] the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina /Rob ChristensenChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-3189-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Simmons machine -- The Shelby dynasty -- Branchhead boys -- The last of the conservative Democrats -- Dixie dynamo -- Jessecrats -- Jim Hunt and the Democratic revival -- Phoenix rising -- White shirts.How can a state be represented by Jesse Helms and John Edwards at the same time? Journalist Rob Christensen answers that question and navigates a century of political history in North Carolina, one of the most vibrant and competitive southern states, where neither conservatives nor liberals, Democrats nor Republicans, have been able to rest easy. It is this climate of competition and challenge, Christensen argues, that enabled North Carolina to rise from poverty in the nineteenth century to become a leader in research, education, and banking in the twentieth. Although party divisions aPolitical cultureNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaPolitics and government1865-1950North CarolinaPolitics and government1951-Electronic books.Political culture975.6/043Christensen Rob994865MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456376203321The paradox of Tar Heel politics2278980UNINA