A consequential life : David Lowry Swain, nineteenth-century North Carolina, and their university /
"Over half a century ago historian Hugh T. Lefler viewed Swain as a North Carolina leader who perhaps merited full-length biographical treatment. A Consequential Life fills this perceived gap in the state's biographical literature. It not only details the life and work of the man who was a...
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University Library, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
[2022]
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| Series: | Coates university leadership series.
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| Summary: | "Over half a century ago historian Hugh T. Lefler viewed Swain as a North Carolina leader who perhaps merited full-length biographical treatment. A Consequential Life fills this perceived gap in the state's biographical literature. It not only details the life and work of the man who was arguably the state's most significant nineteenth-century leader; in the process it also recounts the history of the state's university in the three-plus decades when he was the focal point of its life"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 729 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469666181 1469666189 |