The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary HistoryLindley S. Butler, Alan D. Watson Univ of North Carolina Press, 2010 M06 15 - 475 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. |
Contents
| 3 | |
| 29 | |
Testing the Proprietors | 53 |
Economy and Society in an EighteenthCentury Colony | 79 |
Society in Upheaval | 101 |
6 Decision for Revolution | 125 |
7 Joining the Federal Union | 147 |
8 An Agrarian and Evangelical Culture | 171 |
North Carolina in the Confederacy | 265 |
The Halfway Revolution | 285 |
14 North Carolina in the New South | 309 |
Populism and the Fusionist Interlude | 333 |
16 Professors Fundamentalists and the Legislature | 355 |
North Carolina in the Great Depression | 381 |
18 Sitins and Civil Rights | 405 |
19 The Status of Women in North Carolina | 427 |
9 Confronting the Issue of Slavery | 193 |
10 Old Rip and a New Era | 217 |
11 Reemergence of the TwoParty System | 241 |
Contributors | 453 |
Index | 455 |
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