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J. V. Conran and Rural Political Power: Boss Mythology in the Missouri Bootheel

J. V. Conran and Rural Political Power: Boss Mythology in the Missouri Bootheel

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General Political ScienceHistoriography

ISBN10: 0739169858
ISBN13: 9780739169858
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jan 19 2012
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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.

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