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The rise and fall of the Branchhead boys : North Carolina's Scott family and the era of progressive politics / Rob Christensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christensen, Rob, author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Politicians--North Carolina--Biography.
- Politicians.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-.
- North Carolina.
- Scott family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Louisiana had the Longs, Virginia had the Byrds, Georgia had the Talmadges, and North Carolina had the Scotts. In this history of North Carolina's most influential political family, Rob Christensen tells the story of the Scotts and how they dominated Tar Heel politics. Three generations of Scotts held statewide office. Despite stereotypes about rural white southerners, the Scotts led a populist and progressive movement strongly supported by rural North Carolinians the so-called Branchhead Boys, the rural grassroots voters who lived at the heads of tributaries throughout the heart of North Carolina. Though the Scotts held power in various government positions in North Carolina for generations, they were instrumental in their own downfall.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 12, 2020).
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 9798890848499
- 9781469688459
- 146968845X
- 9781469651057
- 146965105X
- 9781469651064
- 1469651068
- OCLC:
- 1090813118
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