Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont

by Allen Tullos

Book Overview

Habits of Industry provides a richly descriptive social, historical, and cultural account of the Carolina Piedmont -- the area between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Coastal Plain -- over the course of 150 years. By examining the social and religious culture of the region, Allen Tullos illuminates the lives of the working men and women whose "habits of industry" shaped their world.

Tullos combines archival research with an extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807842478
• ISBN13: 9780807842478
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"