The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary HistoryLindley S. Butler, Alan D. Watson University of North Carolina Press, 1984 - 467 pages This collection of nineteen original essays on selected topics and epochs in North Carolina history offers a broad survey of the state from its discovery and colonization to the present. Each chapter consists of an interpretive essay on a specific aspect of North Carolina's history, a collection of supporting documents, and a brief bibliography. Selections cover historical periods ranging from Elizabethan to contemporary times and examine such issues as slavery, populism, civil rights, and the status of women. Essays address the tragedy of North Carolina's Indians, the state's role in the Revolutionary War and the Confederacy, and the impact of the Great Depression. North Carolina's place in the New South and evangelical culture in the state are also discussed. Designed as a supplementary reader for the study and teaching of North Carolina history, The North Carolina Experience will introduce college students to the process of historical research and writing. It will also be a valuable resource in secondary schools, public libraries, and the homes of those interested in North Carolina history. |
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Page 67
... received three or foure extraordinary knockes . But in the end wee being almost tyred and Desiring to take of rest wee went first to try the pump by wch wee found a great deale of water & that of vessell had received some harme by ...
... received three or foure extraordinary knockes . But in the end wee being almost tyred and Desiring to take of rest wee went first to try the pump by wch wee found a great deale of water & that of vessell had received some harme by ...
Page 314
... received pitifully low wages . The official state report in 1900 revealed that skilled men received average daily wages of from $ 1.00 to $ 2.50 , skilled women from 40 cents to $ 1.00 , and children from 20 to 50 cents . These ...
... received pitifully low wages . The official state report in 1900 revealed that skilled men received average daily wages of from $ 1.00 to $ 2.50 , skilled women from 40 cents to $ 1.00 , and children from 20 to 50 cents . These ...
Page 403
... received less from the Federal Government per capita than any state in the Union and we have paid more in per capita than any state save Delaware . In 1938 there were only two states whose income from cash crops was greater than North ...
... received less from the Federal Government per capita than any state in the Union and we have paid more in per capita than any state save Delaware . In 1938 there were only two states whose income from cash crops was greater than North ...
Contents
An Elizabethan Experiment | 29 |
Testing the Proprietors | 53 |
Economy | 79 |
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