Alamance the Holt Family and Industrialization in a North Carolina County, 1837-1900
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Summary
Bess Beatty chronicles Alamance County, North Carolina, from 1837–1900 through the Holt family’s business ventures and their impact on local industrialization and community change.
Why this book now
This detailed regional history illuminates roots of Southern industrial development still relevant to scholars of economic and social change.
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- You study Southern industrial or family business history.
- You want a county-level case study of 19th-century North Carolina.
- You want a broad national economic survey rather than a local case study.
- You prefer narrative-driven popular histories over archival regional scholarship.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780807124499
Worth buying if: You study Southern industrial or family business history.
Skip it if: You want a broad national economic survey rather than a local case study.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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At 247 pages from Louisiana State University Press, expect a paced, research-driven read suitable for academic or local-history interest.
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This edition emphasizes the Holt family’s business activities and Alamance County’s industrial development between 1837 and 1900.
Best way to approach it
Approach it as a focused academic case study: read with attention to archival detail and cross-reference names, dates, and local economic data.
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