Short of a revolution the fusion insurgency and the triumph of Jim Crow in North Carolina Craig Thurtell

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thurtell, Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Republican Party (N.C.).

Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Democratic Party (N.C.).

Populist Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Populist Party (N.C.).

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--North Carolina--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--History--19th century.

White supremacy (Social structure)--North Carolina--History--19th century.

White supremacy (Social structure).

Political culture--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Political culture.

North Carolina--Politics and government--19th century--Economic aspects.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2026]

Summary:

"Chronicling the rise and fall of North Carolina’s fusion movement, this book illuminates an intricate interplay between politics, economic agendas, and racism. It examines how wealthy agriculturalists, industrialists, lawyers, merchants, and railroad leaders manipulated the state’s political, economic, and social structures to assert dominance and maintain white supremacy, undermining the power gained by African Americans during Reconstruction. By the mid-1890s, however, Black and white Republicans and supporters of the smaller Peoples' Party formed a coalition known as fusion, upending two decades of the Democratic Party’s white elite political domination in North Carolina. After four years, the Democratic Party mobilized under the menacing banner of white supremacy and, led by conservative, pro-business white people, restored the party’s control over the state government. Craig Thurtell contends that an examination of this period reveals that race was not the sole factor in the Democratic Party’s quest for control. Instead, elite white men sought to establish a new social order influenced by class divisions, and Short of a Revolution provides a comprehensive analysis of these dynamics, revealing the multifaceted motivations behind the political shifts of late nineteenth-century North Carolina"-- JSTOR

Contents:

North Carolina under the Redeemers, 1868-1890

Origins of the Fusion insurgency, 1887-1892

Fusion victorious, 1892-1894

The Fusion ascendancy, 1895-1896

The defeat of Fusion, 1897-1898

The triumph of Jim Crow, 1898-1900

Epilogue. Under the dominion of Jim Crow

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed February 25, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Thurtell, Craig Short of a revolution

ISBN:

9781469689845

1469689847

9781469689852

1469689855

9781469689876 ebook

1469689871 ebook

9781469689869

1469689863

OCLC:

1555342084

Publisher Number:

CIPO000296546

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license