Way We Lived in North Carolina

Name: Way We Lived in North Carolina
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ISBN: 9780807854877

ISBN-10: 0807854875

ISBN-13: 9780807854877

Edition: 2003

Authors: Joe A. Mobley, Joe A. Mobley, Office of Archives and History Staff North Carolina, Thomas H. Clayton, Peter H. Wood

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Weaving research and interpretation around dozens of historic sites and the lives of ordinary people who lived and worked nearby,The Way We Lived in North Carolinaexplores the social history of the Tar Heel State from the precolonial period to the present. First published in 1983 as a five-volume series, this comprehensive state history is now available in a revised and updated single volume with more than 250 illustrations. Based on the premise that the past can be most fully understood through the combined experience of reading history and visiting historic places,The Way We Livedserves as a travel guide North Carolina's history, enhancing the reader's appreciation and understanding of…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Natives and Newcomers: North Carolina Before 1770




The First Carolinians



Lost Continent to Lost Colony



Virginians in the Albemarle



Early Coastal Towns



The Tuscarora War



Pine Forest Plantations



Long Journey of the Highland Scots



The Great Wagon Road



The Rise of a Backcountry Elite



Rehearsal for Revolution



An Independent People: North Carolina, 1770-1820




Overview



The Forest, the Indians, and the Yeoman Family



Planters and Slaves



Towns in a Rural Society



The Culture of the Republic



Close to the Land: North Carolina, 1820-1870




Overview



Rural Community



Town Life and Enterprise



Forces for Change



The Quest for Progress: North Carolina, 1870-1920




Overview



The Rural World



Industry Comes of Age



The Urban Magnet



From Jubilee to Jim Crow



The New Leisure



The Price of Progress



Express Lanes and Country Roads: North Carolina, 1920-2001




Overview



The Sod-Busters



The Electric Cornucopia



Vendors and Lenders



Going to Town



Express Lanes



The Desert Blooms



North Carolina Historic Sites


Bibliography


Index