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The Byrd machine in Virginia : the rise and fall of a conservative political organization
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- Creator
- Michael Lee Pope
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, S.C. : The History Press, 2022
- Physical Details
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- 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1467139203, 9781467139205
- OCLC
- on1323245915
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Mahone machine : how a Confederate general became the leader of a progressive interrracial political machine -- The Martin machine : railroad magnate seizes control of a party and a commonwealth -- Out of the mud : Senator Byrd takes the road less traveled to the executive mansion -- The rise of Harry Byrd : how a blueblood scion of a first family becomes a political boss in the Old Dominion -- Pay as you go : Harry Byrd in the executive mansion -- Byrd for President : Virginia's favorite song, the last new dealer -- Union busting : Byrd machine senses opportunity in the right to work -- The young Turks : fresh from the war, the Greatest Generation takes on the machine -- Massive resistance : the machine combats segregation with systemic racism -- Beginning of the end : the 1965 election turned out to be a swan song for the organization -- The machine falls apart