The Tar Heel State: A History of North Carolina

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Univ of South Carolina Press, 2005 - Počet stran: 404
In the last three decades North Carolina has witnessed a remarkable growth in population, economic development, and political importance, and it now ranks as the tenth most populous state in the Union. The Tar Heel State: A History of North Carolina constitutes the most comprehensive and inclusive single-volume chronicle of the state's storied past to date, culminating with an attentive look at recent events that have transformed North Carolina into a southern megastate.
 

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3
Amerindians and Europeans in Early North Carolina
16
North Carolina under the Proprietors
39
FIVE
62
Resistance Regulators and the Rhetoric of Rebellion in North Carolina
89
SEVEN
102
North Carolina in the American Revolution 17761780
116
Cornwalliss March through North Carolina
133
Deconstruction and Reconstruction in North Carolina
248
SIXTEEN
259
North Carolinas Vision of a New South
266
The Farmers Last Stand
284
EIGHTEEN
301
New Deals and Old Politics in North Carolina
323
Civil Rights and Conservative Reactions in North Carolina
342
The Urbanization of North Carolina
360

Antebellum North Carolina
163
TWELVE
183
FOURTEEN
232
A Modern Megastate
376
Index
393
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Milton Ready is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The author of books on Georgia and North Carolina history, he received the E. Merton Coulter Award for his writing of Georgia history. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Georgia. Ready lives in the mountains of western North Carolina.

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