02715nam 22005413u 450 991078564750332120230725030748.01-4696-0628-30-8078-9963-1(CKB)2670000000077360(EBL)673635(OCoLC)709552662(SSID)ssj0000516874(PQKBManifestationID)12183550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000516874(PQKBWorkID)10486846(PQKB)10309070(MiAaPQ)EBC673635(EXLCZ)99267000000007736020130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Paradox of Tar Heel Politics[electronic resource] The Personalities, Elections, and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolina2nd ed.Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press20101 online resource (372 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-7151-6 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; CHAPTER 1. The Simmons Machine; CHAPTER 2. The Shelby Dynasty; CHAPTER 3. Branchhead Boys; CHAPTER 4. The Last of the Conservative Democrats; CHAPTER 5. Dixie Dynamo; CHAPTER 6. Jessecrats; CHAPTER 7. Jim Hunt and the Democratic Revival; CHAPTER 8. Phoenix Rising; CHAPTER 9. A New Century; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; IndexHow 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 politically 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. In this new paNorth Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951-Political culture -- North CarolinaNorth Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951-.Political culture -- North Carolina.975.6043Christensen Rob1473514AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910785647503321The paradox of Tar Heel politics3686707UNINA