North Carolina through four centuries

This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State , published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.

• ISBN 0-8078-1846-1 (cloth)
• ISBN 0-8078-1850-X (pbk.)-->
• Preface
• 1 Natural Features and Native Peoples
• 2 Exploration and Early Settlement
• 3 A Proprietary Colony, 1663-1729
• 4 Royal Government
• 5 Colonial Society and Culture, 1729-1776
• 6 Colonial Economy: Agriculture, Trade, and Communication
• 7 Sectional Controversies in the Colony
• 8 A Decade of Dispute
• 9 Attaining Independence
• 10 A Free State
• 11 A Jeffersonian Republic
• 12 A State Asleep
• 13 The Vision of Archibald D. Murphey
• 14 The Constitutional Convention of 1835
• 15 The Whig Era, 1835-1850
• 16 A Change in Midstream
• 17 The Economy and Antebellum Society
• 18 The Coming of the Civil War
• 19 The Civil War
• 20 A State Made New
• 21 A Fresh Start
• 22 A Time of Readjustment
• 23 Great Anticipations for the Twentieth Century
• 24 Down But Not Out: The State Survives the Great Depression
• 25 New Points to Ponder in a Restless World
• 26 A New Face for the State
• 27 The State Looks to the Future
• Appendixes
• Further Reading
• Index