William Link examines the fascinating history of North Carolina through the lens of strong, yet seemingly contradictory, historical patterns: powerful forces of traditionalism punctuated by hierarchies of class, race relations, and gender that have seemingly clashed, especially during the last century, with potent forces of modernization and a “progressive” element that welcomed and even embraced change. North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State answers meaningful questions about the history and future of this rapidly growing state.
This second edition includes new coverage while retaining the strengths of the first edition, including its accessible and inclusive coverage of North Carolina's regional diversity. Extending the historical narrative into the twenty-first century, each of the six parts of this new edition conclude with set of primary-source documents selected to encourage students to develop a first-person appreciation for accounts of the past. Considering the North Carolina story from first contact all the way to 2015, this book provides a great resource for all college-level instructors and students of North Carolina history.
William A. Link is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. He is the author of seven books on the history of the South, including Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (2003), Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism (2008), North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State (2009), and Links: My Family in American History (2012). His most recent book is Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath (2013).
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Names: Link, William A., author.
Title: North Carolina : change and tradition in a Southern state / by William
A. Link (Richard J. Milbauer professor of history, University of Florida).
Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030682 (print) | LCCN 2017031230 (ebook) | ISBN
9781118833599 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118833537 (epub) | ISBN 9781118833605 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: North Carolina--History. | North Carolina--Social conditions.
| Social change--North Carolina--History. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / General.
Classification: LCC F254 (ebook) | LCC F254 .L56 2018 (print) | DDC 975.6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030682
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This second edition of North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State incorporates a number of significant changes. In this revision, I have attempted to preserve, and even enhance, what I think are the main strengths of this book—its accessibility for students and general readers; its inclusiveness in coverage in terms of social, cultural, economic, and political history; its regional diversity; and its attempt to consider fully North Carolina in the twenty-first century. The historical literature about North Carolina history always was and continues to be extremely rich and productive, and I included the very latest work in my synthesis. Finally, this new edition sees the inclusion of primary-source documents at the end of each of its six sections, added in order to encourage students to explore and understand first-person accounts of the past.
As always, I have relied on the help of others in order to complete this book. The person responsible for its welfare continues to be Andrew Davidson, a good friend and a superb editor. He insured that the edition would have a new home with Wiley-Blackwell. Others at Wiley-Blackwell have been very helpful, including Lindsay Bourgeois, Peter Coveney, Georgina Hickey, Julia Kirk, and Linda Gaio. At the University of Florida, Allison Fredette provided essential help in assembling the documents sections. Ronnie Faulkner volunteered suggestions that I have attempted to incorporate in this version, while John Godwin sent a thorough and very useful critique. I must thank the Center for the Study of the American South for an affiliate that enabled access to the rich resources of the University of North Carolina libraries. I appreciate the assistance of Steven Lawson in helping to understand the nature of voting in early twentieth-century North Carolina. I am also, once again, indebted to my wife, Susannah Link, for her help in clarifying language, thoughts, and organization.
William A. Link
Gainesville, FL