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With a fragile economy built on low-wage, low-skill jobs, rural North Carolina must remake its work force as its industries remake themselves.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 12 Issue 4, Apr 1992,
p48-61, il
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31214
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In the 1920s, peddlers and rolling stores brought household goods to the parlors and porches of rural women in eastern North Carolina. Itinerant merchants were alternatives for women who felt uncomfortable in country stores, or were unable to visit stores due to practical constraints. A third kind of itinerant merchant were agents who represented large enterprises such as the W.T. Rawleigh Company and the J.R. Watkins Medical Company.
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31482
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Impending changes in the nation’s telecommunications industry are expected to bring a complete transformation of traditional telephone service, a transformation that may make this vital service unaffordable for most Americans. Rural areas in North Carolina will be adversely affected by both the AT&T settlement and industry deregulation. Industry officials are asking Congress to take steps that will alleviate the situation.
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40020
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Along with education, ECU is making a difference in fields such as medicine, life sciences, engineering, technology, and business. Graduates are a particular boon to rural communities, most vulnerable to the economic and occupational challenges the region has known the past few decades. Another industry noted as a potential booster to a region without textiles and tobacco as occupational powerhouses is ecotourism.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Spring 2016,
p20-27
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Rural-urban divide; Economic development projects--Bertie County ; Ecotourism--North Carolina, Eastern; East Carolina University--Miller School of Entrepreneurship; Rural industry; Pharmaceutical industry; Golden LEAF Foundation (Rocky Mount); Mayne Pharma; Population--North Carolina; NCEast Alliance (Greenville) ; East Carolina University--College of Business; Textile industry; Tobacco industry