A Red State Arises: How a Governor's Race Transformed Arkansas and National Politics
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1945624051 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Edmonds also examines the role of one of Arkansas’s top power brokers, Witt Stephens, the Little Rock financier who for decades played a substantial but quiet role in supporting some of Arkansas’s biggest political names. Edmonds notes, “Having spent my formative years in Hope, Arkansas, which teemed with political folklore—the stories of native sons like Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee flowed from there—I became fascinated with how relationships mold politics in small towns like Hope and how Arkansas has mirrored small-town, personality-driven politics on a grand scale.” While en route to joining its geographic neighbors in the South’s current political realignment, the state was locked in a process in which its politics and its culture were in constant conflict. Further, the book seeks to demonstrate how Arkansas’s tradition of localism
Revis Edmonds is coordinator of preservation outreach in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program at the Department of Arkansas Heritage in Little Rock. He and his wife, Nena Edmonds, have two daughters.. He holds a PhD in heritage studies from Arkansas State University
He holds a PhD in heritage studies from Arkansas State University. He and his wife, Nena Edmonds, have two daughters.. About the AuthorRevis Edmonds is coordinator of preservation outreach in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program at the Department of Arkansas Heritage in Little Rock