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The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys - North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics (Hardcover)
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The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys - North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics (Hardcover)
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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 when they dominated Tar Heel
politics. Three generations of Scotts-W. Kerr Scott, Robert Scott,
and Meg Scott Phipps-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. From Kerr Scott's regression
into reactionary race politics to Meg Scott Phipps's corruption
trial and subsequent prison sentence, the Scott family lost favor
in their home state, their influence dimming and their legacy in
question. Weaving together interviews from dozens of political
luminaries and deep archival research, Christensen offers an
engaging and definitive historical account of not only the Scott
family's legacy but also how race and populism informed North
Carolina politics during the twentieth century.
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