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200 14$aThe paradox of Tar Heel politics$b[electronic resource] $ethe personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina /$fRob Christensen
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (364 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $aHow 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 a
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