"Hillbilly Hellraisers" and Rethinking the Roots of Populist Politics

10/01/2018 38 min
"Hillbilly Hellraisers" and Rethinking the Roots of Populist Politics

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Episode Synopsis

J. Blake Perkins, assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist College, discusses his new book, Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks, regional relations with the federal government, and the evolution of grassroots politics.