The paradox of Tar Heel politics [[electronic resource] ] : the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina / / Rob Christensen

• Autore: Christensen Rob
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.6/043
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - North Carolina
• Soggetto geografico: North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950; North Carolina Politics and government 1951-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: The paradox of Tar Heel politics
• ISBN: 0-8078-8884-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780979503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II