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Loading... The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics: The Personalities, Elections, and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolinaby Rob Christensen
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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 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 pa No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)975.6History and Geography North America Southeastern U.S. North CarolinaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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