Will Sarvis

J. V. Conran and Rural Political Power (eBook, PDF)

Boss Mythology in the Missouri Bootheel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

James Vincent Conran (1899-1970) was the most significant political organizer in the history of rural America. Serving as a rural Missouri prosecutor for 32 years, Conran was the much sought political friend of statewide and national candidates, such as President Harry S. Truman, U.S. Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, and Governor Warren Hearnes. His singular political influence was inextricably linked to the unique demographics of his home region, the Missouri "Bootheel," which was a part southern, part mid-western, and part frontier community where African Americans enjoyed unusual political power. Though contemporary media depictions portrayed Conran as a traditional, corrupt political boss-like his notorious contemporaries, Tom Pendergast of Kansas City or Ed Crump of Memphis-this view is flawed. In J.V. Conran and Rural Political Power, Will Sarvis aims to paint a more accurate picture of Conran by revealing the true extent and limitations of his power and influence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216284802
• Artikelnr.: 75140314

Autorenporträt

Will Sarvis is instructor of history at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Embedded Traditions of Election Fraud and Bloc Voting
Chapter Two: Launching a Political Career amidst the Great Depression
Chapter Three: Elusive Apex
Chapter Four: Other Stars Rising
Chapter Five: Changing Times
Chapter Six: Power and its Limitations
Legacy and Epilogue
Appendix: Merits and Demerits of Oral History
Source Materials
Index