02257nam 2200445 a 450 991078097950332120230721024906.00-8078-8884-2(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-Political culture975.6/043Christensen Rob1473514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780979503321The paradox of Tar Heel politics3686707UNINA