The paradox of Tar Heel politics the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina /

Christensen, Rob.

The paradox of Tar Heel politics the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina / [electronic resource] : Rob Christensen. - 2nd ed., rev. and updated. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008. - 359 p. : ill.

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 -- A new century.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780807899632 (electronic bk.)


Political culture--North Carolina.


North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-


Electronic books.

F260 / .C57 2008

975.6/043