Record #:

21374

Author(s):

Escott, Paul D.

Abstract:

An examination of the changes seen among subsistence based yeoman farmers in the state after the construction in the 1850s of the North Carolina Railroad spanning the state from Goldsboro to Charlotte. Taking advantage of new commercial opportunities afforded by the new railroad, yeoman farmers began to produce cash crops, viewing it as a chance to compete equally in a society that was becoming increasingly capitalist.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 3, July 1989, p275-300, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farmers--Economic conditions; North Carolina--History--1775-1865--Farming; Yeoman farmers

Record #:

21377

Author(s):

Bailey, Fred A.

Abstract:

A look at the career of American historian William E. Dodd who, influenced by his personal background as the son of a poor North Carolina farmer, focused his scholarly work on the history of the South in which yeoman farmers were exploited by the aristocratic elite.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 3, July 1989, p301-320, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dodd, William E., 1869-1940; Yeoman farmers

Record #:

21384

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

Part one of a two-part article looking at the founding and fledgling years of the Law School at Duke University, the establishment of which was a result of the transition from Trinity College afforded by the establishment of the Duke Endowment in December of 1924. Particular attention is given to University President William Preston Few's search for a satisfactory dean and faculty for the law school, a process that took over five years to complete.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 3, July 1989, p321-352, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Few, William Preston, 1867-1940; Duke University. School of Law--History