North Carolina: A History - Softcover

Powell, William S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807842192 ISBN 13: 9780807842195

Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 1988

Synopsis

A leading authority on the people and events that have shaped North Carolina over four centuries, Powell here provides a sharply drawn overall history of the state for general readers. In twelve chapters this volume traces North Carolina's history from England's initial efforts to found a colony in America in the sixteenth century to uncertain and often-turbulent times as the final quarter of the twentieth century approached. |The first book-length study of the Supreme Court's ""racial gerrymandering"" decisions as well as the first sustained comparison of the First and Second Reconstructions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

William Powell is the leading authority on the people and events that have shaped North Carolina over four centuries. His concise history of the state has been a favorite since its publication in 1978, and for this edition, Powell has provided a new chapter that brings the story up to date.

About the Author:

William S. Powell is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His many books include North Carolina through Four Centuries, which won the 1989 Mayflower Cup for Nonfiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: University North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0807842192
• ISBN 13: 9780807842195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248