The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics

"How can a state be representetd 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.Christensen, Rob is the author of 'The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics' with ISBN 9780807831892 and ISBN 0807831891.