The making of a southern democracy : North Carolina politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory /
"The story of modern politics in North Carolina is very much one of American democracy, with all its grand ambitions, limitations, and pitfalls. So argues Tom Eamon in his probing narrative of the state's political path since the 1940s. He charts the state's political transformation i...
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2014
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| Series: | NC LIVE module
North Carolina history & culture anthology |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Uprisings; 2 The 1950s; 3 There's a New Day Coming; 4 The Unsettled Society; 5 Dirges in the Dark; 6 The Storms of '72; 7 Transition in the Shadow of Watergate; 8 Eyes toward Washington; 9 The New South Meets the New Right; 10 Breaking New Ground; 11 Partisan Mix; 12 Seismic Shifts; EPILOGUE: The Perilous Climb; APPENDIX: Comments on Methodology and General Approach; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y