{"product_id":"great-plains-politics-paperback","title":"Great Plains Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Longo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Plains has long been home to unconventional and leading-edge politics, from the fiery Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan to the country's first female U.S. representative and first female governor to the nation's only single-house state legislature. \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Politics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a lively tour of the Great Plains region through the civic and political contributions of its citizens, demonstrating the importance of community in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Politics\u003c\/i\u003e profiles six men and women who had a profound impact on the civic and community life of the Great Plains: Wilma Mankiller, the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and a political activist at both the local and the national levels; Virginia Smith, an educator from Nebraska who served as a U.S. representative in Congress; Junius Groves, an African American farmer and community builder from Kansas; George McGovern, a South Dakota senator whose 1972 presidential campaign galvanized widespread grassroots support; Robert Dole, a Kansas congressman and longtime senator as well as the Republican candidate for U.S. president in 1988; and Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, the first African American elected as a state representative in Wyoming. \u003cbr\u003e The lives of these individuals illustrate the robust and enduring civic and community involvement of inhabitants of the Great Plains and presage a hopeful continuation of its storied political tradition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Longo\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nebraska State Constitution: A Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2009). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 5.37 x 8.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759275311392,"sku":"9780803290716","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/09af27a9ed0afb00bfe52101b6eea467.webp?v=1780147668","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/great-plains-politics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}