Farming dissenters : the Regulator movement in Piedmont North Carolina / Carole Watterson Troxler.
| Author/creator | Troxler, Carole Watterson |
| Other author | North Carolina. Office of Archives and History. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Raleigh, N.C. : Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2011. |
| Description | xiii, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction : the Regulators and Alamance -- Land speculation and a geographic imbalance of power -- Orderly outbursts of backcountry resentment -- A century's legacy : dissenter religious culture as a carrier of political expectations -- Herman Husband, crystallizer -- The Sandy Creek network and its allies in the Regulator movement -- The gentlemen's agreement in Mecklenburg -- Petitions, court proceedings, and rioting in Hillsborough and Salisbury -- Tryon's militia, Regulator confrontation, and the Battle of Alamance -- Regulators as victims : repercussions of the militia attack -- Politics at work before the Revolution -- Land ownership and local power -- Religious divergence and growing support for revolution -- Appendix 1 : an incomplete compilation of names in a Regulator context -- Appendix 2 : Bibliographic essay : the historians and the Regulators -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p.167-201) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011284077 |
| ISBN | 9780865263505 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0865263507 (pbk.) |
| Other class# | F1 2:F23 |
| Stock number | 03100 NCTE |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Stacks | F257 .T66 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Joyner | NC Stacks | F257 .T66 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |