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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Political scientist V. O. Key in 1949 described North Carolina as a "progressive plutocracy." He argued that in the areas of industrial development, public education, and race relations, North Carolina appeared progressive when compared to other southern states. Reconsidering Key's evaluation...
Southern Cultures
The Fifteenth Anniversary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
What does "redneck" mean? What's going to happen to the southern accent? What makes black southerners laugh? What is "real" country music? These are the kinds of questions that pop up in this collection of notable essays from Southern Cultures, the journal of the Center for the...
New Voyages to Carolina
Reinterpreting North Carolina History
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
New Voyages to Carolina offers a bold new approach for understanding and telling North Carolina's history. Recognizing the need for such a fresh approach and reflecting a generation of recent scholarship, eighteen distinguished authors have sculpted a broad, inclusive narrative of the state's evolution...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Looking beyond broad theories of globalization, this volume examines the specific effects of globalizing forces on the southern United States. Eighteen essays approach globalization from a variety of perspectives, addressing such topics as relations between global and local communities; immigration,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Writing North Carolina History is the first book to assess fully the historical literature of North Carolina. It combines the talents and insights of eight noted scholars of state and southern history: William S. Powell, Alan D. Watson, Robert M. Calhoon, Harry L. Watson, Sarah M. Lemmon, and H. G....
by Julian M. Pleasants, Augustus M. Burns
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The tumultuous North Carolina Senate primaries of 1950 are still viewed as the most bitter chapter in the state's modern political history. The central figure in that frenzied race was the appointed incumbent, Frank Porter Graham, former president of the University of North Carolina (1931-49) and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Although North Carolina was a "home front" state rather than a battlefield state for most of the Civil War, it was heavily involved in the Confederate war effort and experienced many conflicts as a result. North Carolinians were divided over the issue of secession, and changes in race and...
The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast
Barrier Islands, Coastal Waters, and Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
For some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs readers in the responsible exploration and enjoyment...
Backpacking North Carolina
The Definitive Guide to 43 Can't-Miss Trips from Mountains to Sea
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
Joe Miller brings us the first-ever stand-alone guidebook to backpacking in North Carolina, a state long known as a terrific backpacking destination. Covering 43 of the best trips the state has to offer, Backpacking North Carolina provides all the information necessary for beginning and experienced...
Farm Fresh North Carolina
The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers' Markets, Farm Stands, Farms, Apple Orchards, U-Picks, Kids' Activities, Lodging, Dining, Choose-and-Cut Christmas Trees, Vineyards and Wineries, and More
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
In the first statewide guidebook of its kind, Farm Fresh North Carolina takes readers on a lively tour of more than 425 farms, produce stands, farmers' markets, wineries, children-friendly pumpkin patches and corn mazes, pick-your-own orchards, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, agricultural festivals,...
Fishing North Carolina's Outer Banks
The Complete Guide to Catching More Fish from Surf, Pier, Sound, and Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
In this hands-on, how-to guide to fishing North Carolina's Outer Banks, expert fisherman Stan Ulanski combines his enthusiasm, his experience, and his scientific expertise to show anglers how to catch more fish.
Focusing on the essential but often misunderstood links between recreational fishing...
Women and the Politics of Sterilization
A UNC Press Short, Excerpted from Choice and Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
In 2003, North Carolina became the third U.S. state to apologize and the first to call for compensation to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out between 1929 and 1975. The decision was prompted largely by a series of articles in the Winston-Salem Journal. The stories were inspired in...
The Intersectional Approach
Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Intersectionality, or the consideration of race, class, and gender, is one of the prominent contemporary theoretical contributions made by scholars in the field of women's studies that now broadly extends across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Taking stock of this transformative...