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The North Carolina State Fair : the first 150 years / Melton A. McLaurin ; illustrations selected by Paul Blankinship.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0865263078
  • ISBN: 9780865263079
  • Physical Description: xv, 236 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plans, facsimiles ; 31 cm
  • Publisher: [Raleigh, N.C.] : Office of Archives and History, N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources : [2003]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes essay on sources (pages 219-220) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Founding the North Carolina State Fair : the fair before the Civil War -- From private society to state agency : building the structure -- Step right up, ladies and gentlemen : the fair as carnival and circus -- And a good time was had by all : the fair as social institution -- Reaching and teaching farm families : agricultural promotion at the fair -- The fair embraces the new south : industrial promotion at the fair.
Subject:
North Carolina State Fair > History.
Agricultural exhibitions > North Carolina.
Fairs > North Carolina.

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