Preface to the Second Edition  ix

Preface to the First Edition  xi

Abbreviations  xv

1. Land for the Taking: Prehistory–1740s  1

2. Moving In, 1740s–1771  15

3. The American Revolution  29

4. Eighteenth-Century Orange County, 1752–1800  38

5. The Rip Van Winkle Era, 1801–1840  51

6. Improvement Fever, 1840–1861  69

7. Origins of the Town of Durham, 1819–1861  85

8. From Victory to Defeat, 1861–1865  97

9. From Bust to Boom, 1865–1880  108

10. A House Divided: An Independent Black Culture, 1865–1880  130

11. A County at Last, 1880–1890  140

12. The Apogee of an Era, 1890–1903  169

13. Social Challenges, 1900–1917  203

14. The Face of Change, 1903–1917  223

15. Joining the World, 1917–1924  248

16. Elation and Depression, 1925–1941  281

17. World War II and the End of an Era, 1941–1945  321

18. The Old Order Changeth, 1946–1969  332

19. Civil Rights, 1954–1978  360

20. Rounding Out a Century, 1960–1981  379

21. City and County to Century's End  403

Appendix: Population Statistics and Officeholders  449

Notes  461

Bibliography  537

Index  561

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“Durham County deserves the widest possible readership. It offers an engaging perspective on familiar New South themes and an object lesson in bridging the enormous gulf that too often separates academic historians and lay readers.” —James L. Leloudis, The Journal of Southern History

“Originally published in 1990 and now reissued as a revised and expanded second edition, Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina, is local history in the best sense: it offers an intensive and comprehensive focus on a single place and its varied people and institutions over time. The second edition includes a new final chapter that brings Durham’s story up-to-date in the twenty-first century, as the county moved further away from its tobacco roots into a revitalizing economy based on health care, medical research, and technology.... The extensive notes and bibliography are a treasure trove of local sources, and the updated appendix tallying population statistics and listing local officeholders of all sorts will be a handy reference for researchers.”—Journal of Southern History

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