James Sprunt Studies in History and Poli Agricultural Developments in North Carolina 1783-1860 Book 38 Paperback from other stores

  • In the introduction of new farming implements alone this period witnessed revo... In the introduction of new farming implements alone this period witnessed revolutionary changes in which North Carolina had a significant part. To note the developments of this nature rather than to record the history of the state s agriculture in... more
  • Charles N. Hunter one of North Carolina s outstanding black reformers was born... Charles N. Hunter one of North Carolina s outstanding black reformers was born a slave in Raleigh around 1851 and he lived there until his death in 1931. As public school teacher journalist and historian Hunter devoted his long life to improving... more
  • This study discusses North Carolina s boundary problems with South Carolina an... This study discusses North Carolina s boundary problems with South Carolina and Georgia showing the influence of such factors as divergent racial settlements different institutions and topographical features of the region involved. Originally... more
  • This study discusses the effect of Jeffersonian democracy on South Carolina sp... This study discusses the effect of Jeffersonian democracy on South Carolina specifically but in doing so it also discusses the part that South Carolinians played in the developments that concerned the nation as a whole. Originally published in 1940.... more
  • These fourteen essays written especially for this volume by colleagues and stu... These fourteen essays written especially for this volume by colleagues and students of Professor Caldwell cover a vast range of classical subjects. They are arranged chronologically so that the reader may catch something of the grand sweep and drama... more
  • One of the most powerful of Elizabethan statesmen Sir William Cecil Lord Burgh... One of the most powerful of Elizabethan statesmen Sir William Cecil Lord Burghley served the queen from 1558 until his death in 1598. This study identifies 118 commoners who served Lord Burghley at various times from 1544 when he first established a... more
  • Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963) U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1933 to... Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963) U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1933 to 1945 was one of the most eccentric politicians in American history. His travels his five marriages his public faux pas and his flamboyant campaigns provided years of... more
  • Lawrence Kessler uses the Jiangyin mission station in the Shanghai region of C... Lawrence Kessler uses the Jiangyin mission station in the Shanghai region of China to explore Chinese-American cultural interaction in the first half of the twentieth century. He concludes that the Protestant missionary movement was welcomed by the... more
  • This study treats the intellectual and political history of the various democr... This study treats the intellectual and political history of the various democratic movements in the major German states during the nineteenth century. Snell describes the origins of the democratic impulse traces the gradual alienation of German... more
  • The Reverend Charles Pettigrew was a blend of many elements: Huguenot-Scot-Iri... The Reverend Charles Pettigrew was a blend of many elements: Huguenot-Scot-Irish Presbyterian and Anglican frontiersman and urbanite schoolteacher and aristocrat common man and Federalist -- in other words American. His career was an excellent... more
  • The author gives a complete picture of the struggle for prohibition in Alabama... The author gives a complete picture of the struggle for prohibition in Alabama and of the effects of that struggle on the state from its earliest settlement down to 1943. Originally published in 1943. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press... more
  • Schoultz examines the fundamental political cleavage between classical liberal... Schoultz examines the fundamental political cleavage between classical liberalism and the populist Peronist political movements in Argentina identifying the socioeconomic structural features that led to this division and focusing on changes in... more
  • The author has made an evaluation of the files of the Nation showing how the i... The author has made an evaluation of the files of the Nation showing how the interpretive writing of its editors has influenced the liberal movements in the United States since the Civil War. Originally published in 1953. A UNC Press Enduring... more
  • During the Middle Ages southwest Germany was one of the most prosperous areas ... During the Middle Ages southwest Germany was one of the most prosperous areas of central Europe but the Thirty Years War brought devastating social and economic dislocation to the region. Focusing on the town of SchwÑbisch Hall Terence McIntosh... more
  • This is the story of the blacks of Mississippi their efforts to gain the advan... This is the story of the blacks of Mississippi their efforts to gain the advantages that freedom promised and the frustration of most of those efforts by relentless natural and cultural forces. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring... more
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