Record #:

21815

Author(s):

Combs, Edwin L., III

Abstract:

This article looks at the unique problems encountered by commercial interests in coastal North Carolina during the 18th century utilizing data contained in 1768-1772 British customs returns. This data was overlooked by historian Charles Christopher Crittenden in his 1936 article, 'Commerce of North Carolina, 1763-1789,' leading Combs to challenge Crittenden's conclusions and place his focus on the delicate balance between maritime trade, mercantilism, and economic development.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 80 Issue 1, Jan 2003, p1-27, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Commerce; Maritime commerce

Record #:

21821

Author(s):

Lockley, Timothy J.

Abstract:

This article looks at how public poor relief was conceived and utilized as a social tool, with a particular interest in the emphasis placed on mass education by reformers in the 1840s and 1850s. Buncombe County and Asheville are used as a case study.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 80 Issue 1, Jan 2003, p28-51, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Buncombe County--History; Public Poor Relief

Record #:

21822

Author(s):

Starnes, Richard D.

Abstract:

An examination of tourism's social and economic force in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and its role in shaping the history of the post-Civil War South via the development of Victorian consumer culture, a more prosperous middle class, a growing transportation network, and the entrepreneurial development of leisure pursuits and accommodations. Asheville is used as a case study.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 80 Issue 1, Jan 2003, p52-80, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

New South--Tourism; Asheville--Tourism--History