North Carolina

4090. Lefler, Hugh Talmage, and Albert Ray Newsome. North Carolina; the history of a southern State. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1954. xii, 676 p. 54–7904F254.L39

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"This volume was designed to meet the requirements of the general reader who desires a comprehensive view of the state’s history within reasonable compass," and "to serve as a text for college courses in North Carolina history." To fulfill that objective the authors have presented a narrative that deals with developments and leaders in the fields of agriculture, industry, transportation, trade, education, religion, literature, and social life, as well as withmilitary and political history. The last six chapters deal with progress during the 20th century, and the impact of outside forces such as two world wars, the depression of 1929, and the policies of the New Deal on the State’s development. Lists of the "Chief Executives of North Carolina," "North Carolina Counties" and "Significant Dates," appear in the appendixes. Professor Newsome died in 1951 leaving approximately half of the manuscript completed. The task was finished by Dr. Lefler, who, in 1956, published the third edition of his North Carolina History Told by Contemporaries (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press. 502 p.), a collection of contemporary accounts illustrating the political, social, and economic development of North Carolina from its colonial beginnings, to be used as a supplementary text for either high school or college courses.