Greenville in the 20th century / Christopher Arris Oakley, Matthew Reynolds, and Dale Sauter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakley, Christopher Arris., Author.

Reynolds, Matthew (Matthew Christian), Author.

Sauter, Dale., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenville (N.C.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Greenville (N.C.).

Greenville (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

At the turn of the 20th century, Greenville was a small agricultural community located along the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina. Most of the 2,600 residents were connected to the state's agricultural economy, growing cotton, tobacco, corn, and other crop staples. By the year 2000, however, Greenville had become an economically diverse city of more than 60,000. The explosion in the bright leaf tobacco industry, the establishment of a public university, the recruitment of new manufacturing interests, and the creation of a regional medical complex contributed to this growth. Greenville witnessed the effects of dramatic technological innovation, a devastating depression, two world wars, a civil rights revolution, and economic globalization. Greenville in the 20th Century explores the community's growth as the seat of Pitt County through historic images that span a century.

Contents:

1900-1919

1920-1939

1940-1959

1960-1979

1980-1999.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126) and index.

OCLC:

882948817