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William Stevens Powell (1919–2015)

Auteur van The North Carolina Gazetteer

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Werken van William Stevens Powell

The North Carolina Gazetteer (1968) 138 exemplaren
Encyclopedia of North Carolina (2006) — Redacteur — 76 exemplaren
North Carolina: A History (1977) 73 exemplaren
The proprietors of Carolina (1963) 32 exemplaren
The North Carolina Colony (1968) 14 exemplaren
North Carolina (1987) 6 exemplaren

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Ran out of library renewals right around the Regulator movement, which is fine because I was losing steam with this book. I will try reading [b:The Tar Heel State: A History of North Carolina|1388961|The Tar Heel State A History of North Carolina|Milton Ready|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348424583s/1388961.jpg|1379042] and then perhaps come back to Powell.

Powell's book is an accomplishment, but his approach to history feels even more dated than the 1989 publication date. He writes as if the course of history is inevitable, predictable, and for the most part, desirable. Implicit in the narrative is the assumption that an "official" "state" history is the history of white men.

And no footnotes or endnotes! Seriously now.
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