J. Blake Perkins, a native of the Arkansas Ozarks, is an assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist College.

"Hillbilly Hellraisers challenges the seemingly uncontroversial claim that antigovernment sentiment has enjoyed exception continuity among rural working-class Americans." --Journal of Appalachian Studies"This is a very good book about the roots of resistance and rebellion in the Arkansas Ozarks in response to federal government attempts to effect social and economic change in the region from the late 19th to the early 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--OzarksWatch"Hillbilly Hellraisers represents an important contribution to rural history and a valuable narrative of those who struggled to confront the changes that reshaped the region. It's strongest moments derive from the individual stories of those who sought to hold on to their farms and their traditional modes of living."--Arkansas Review

• CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Populist Ethic1. The "One-Gallused" Crowd on GovernmentPart II: Rural Resistance2. First Tastes: Moonshiners and G-Men3. "Silk-Hatted Fellers" and Their War4. The Damn Government's Tick Trouble5. Bring On the Dam ProgressPart III: Toward a New Defiance6. Growth Politics and Rural Disappointment7. The War on Poverty and a New Right ResistanceConclusion: Populist Defiance—Then and NowNotesBibliographyIndex

J. Blake Perkins, a native of the Arkansas Ozarks, is an assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist College.

"Hillbilly Hellraisers challenges the seemingly uncontroversial claim that antigovernment sentiment has enjoyed exception continuity among rural working-class Americans." --Journal of Appalachian Studies"This is a very good book about the roots of resistance and rebellion in the Arkansas Ozarks in response to federal government attempts to effect social and economic change in the region from the late 19th to the early 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--OzarksWatch"Hillbilly Hellraisers represents an important contribution to rural history and a valuable narrative of those who struggled to confront the changes that reshaped the region. It's strongest moments derive from the individual stories of those who sought to hold on to their farms and their traditional modes of living."--Arkansas Review

• CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Populist Ethic1. The "One-Gallused" Crowd on GovernmentPart II: Rural Resistance2. First Tastes: Moonshiners and G-Men3. "Silk-Hatted Fellers" and Their War4. The Damn Government's Tick Trouble5. Bring On the Dam ProgressPart III: Toward a New Defiance6. Growth Politics and Rural Disappointment7. The War on Poverty and a New Right ResistanceConclusion: Populist Defiance—Then and NowNotesBibliographyIndex

J. Blake Perkins, a native of the Arkansas Ozarks, is an assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist College.

"Hillbilly Hellraisers challenges the seemingly uncontroversial claim that antigovernment sentiment has enjoyed exception continuity among rural working-class Americans." --Journal of Appalachian Studies"This is a very good book about the roots of resistance and rebellion in the Arkansas Ozarks in response to federal government attempts to effect social and economic change in the region from the late 19th to the early 21st century. . . . Highly recommended."--OzarksWatch"Hillbilly Hellraisers represents an important contribution to rural history and a valuable narrative of those who struggled to confront the changes that reshaped the region. It's strongest moments derive from the individual stories of those who sought to hold on to their farms and their traditional modes of living."--Arkansas Review

• CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Populist Ethic1. The "One-Gallused" Crowd on GovernmentPart II: Rural Resistance2. First Tastes: Moonshiners and G-Men3. "Silk-Hatted Fellers" and Their War4. The Damn Government's Tick Trouble5. Bring On the Dam ProgressPart III: Toward a New Defiance6. Growth Politics and Rural Disappointment7. The War on Poverty and a New Right ResistanceConclusion: Populist Defiance—Then and NowNotesBibliographyIndex