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Durham County : a history of Durham County, North Carolina / Jean Bradley Anderson.
| Author/creator | Anderson, Jean Bradley |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, 2011. |
| Description | xvii, 596 pages 24 pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Land for the taking : prehistory-1740s -- Moving in, 1740s-1771 -- The American Revolution -- Eighteenth-century Orange County, 1752-1800 -- The Rip Van Winkle era, 1801-1840 -- Improvement fever, 1840-1861 -- Origins of the town of Durham, 1819?-1861 -- Victory from defeat, 1861-1865 -- From bust to boom, 1865-1880 -- A house divided : an independent Black culture, 1865?-1880 -- A county at last, 1880?-1890 -- The apogee of an era, 1890-1903 -- Social challenges, 1900-1917 -- The face of change, 1903-1917 -- Joining the world, 1917-1924 -- Elation and depression, 1925-1941 -- World War II and the end of an era, 1941-1945 -- The old order changeth, 1946-1969 -- Civil rights, 1954-1978 -- Rounding out a century, 1960-1981 -- City and county to century's end -- Appendix: Population statistics and officeholders. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010039875 |
| ISBN | 9780822349839 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822349833 (pbk. : alk. paper) |