North Carolina : change and tradition in a Southern state / William A. Link (Richard J. Milbauer professor of history, University of Florida, Gainsville FL, USA).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Colonial North Carolina -- European Invasion -- Origins of North Carolina -- A Slave Society -- Part Two: The Revolutionary Republic -- Immigrants and the Backcountry World -- The Age of Revolution -- The New Republic -- Part Three: The Civil War Crisis -- Social Change in Antebellum North Carolina -- Political Parties and the Coming of the Civil War -- The Civil War -- Part Four: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath -- Reconstruction -- Social Change in the Post-Reconstruction Era -- Populism and the Crisis of the 1890s -- Part Five: Modernizing North Carolina -- Progressive North Carolina -- World War I and the 1920s -- Depression, New Deal, and World War II -- Part Six: Toward the Twenty-First Century -- Postwar North Carolina -- The Civil Rights Revolution -- Modernizers and Traditionalists -- Appendix: State Symbols; Governors; U.S. Senators; North Carolina Population, 1790-2010.

"North Carolina (2nd edition) is a single volume, fascinating history of the state that covers political, economic, cultural and social dimensions of the Tar Heel state's past. This new edition includes new material and an updated history to the present day. The most up-to-date history of the state, encompassing events up until 2015. The new edition includes six sections of primary-source documents. Includes the very latest historical literature. Answers meaningful questions concerning the history and the future of this unique and quickly growing state"--Provided by publisher.