Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The great rift : the geography and geology of North Carolina -- A clash of cultures : Amerindians and Europeans in early North Carolina -- A chartered chaos : North Carolina under the proprietors -- A mosaic of colonial North Carolina -- Slavery and servitude in early North Carolina -- Resistance, regulators, and the rhetoric of rebellion in North Carolina, 1729-1771 -- The beginning of the revolution in North Carolina -- Cautious revolutionaries : North Carolina in the American Revolution, 1776-1780 -- A country dance : Cornwallis's march through North Carolina -- A Jeffersonian state -- Antebellum North Carolina -- The Cherokees -- A state of indecision : North Carolina enters the Civil War -- Ebb tide of the Confederacy -- Deconstruction and reconstruction in North Carolina -- Trains, towns, textiles, and tobacco : North Carolina's vision of a new South -- The farmer's last stand -- A progressive state -- The 1930s : new deals and old politics in North Carolina -- Civil rights and conservative reactions in North Carolina -- Triads, triangles, and parks : the urbanization of North Carolina -- A modern megastate.