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13 produkter
Lady on the Hill
How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
Inbunden, 2027
316 kr
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The untold story of how Biltmore Estate survived and thrived across five generations Now in its Second Edition, Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon traces how George W. Vanderbilt's 250-room French chateau near Asheville, North Carolina—once dismissed as a financial white …
Lady on the Hill
How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
Inbunden, 2006
376 kr
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Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American IconIt is the epitome of Gilded Age splendor: the largest private home ever built in the United States, a French château graced with more than 50,000 priceless furnishings and objets d'art, set in an enchanting rural paradise, designed by …
Good Government Man
Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government
Inbunden, 2010
418 kr
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The Good Government Man captures the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder Graham--whose death …
Favored by Fortune
George W. Watts and the Hills of Durham
Häftad, 2011
676 kr
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In this collective biography spanning four generations, Howard Covington explores how one prestigious family shaped the development of Piedmont North Carolina, particularly the city of Durham. Covington examines the lives and legacies of George Washington Watts; his son-in-law, John Sprunt Hill; …
Lending Power
How Self-Help Credit Union Turned Small-Time Loans Into Big-Time Change
Inbunden, 2017
468 kr
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Established by Martin Eakes and Bonnie Wright in North Carolina in 1980, the nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help has grown from an innovative financial institution dedicated to civil rights into the nation's largest home lender to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Self-Help's first capital …
Lending Power
How Self-Help Credit Union Turned Small-Time Loans into Big-Time Change
E-bok, 2017
671 kr
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Established by Martin Eakes and Bonnie Wright in North Carolina in 1980, the nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help has grown from an innovative financial institution dedicated to civil rights into the nation''s largest home lender to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Self-Help''s first capital …
Terry Sanford
Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions
Av Marion A. Ellis, Howard E. Covington Jr.
E-bok, 1999
864 kr
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Terry Sanford (1917–1998) was one of the most important public figures of the postwar South. First as North Carolina’s governor and later as president of Duke University, he demonstrated a dynamic style of progressive leadership marked by compassion and creativity. This book tells the story of …
Once Upon a City
Greensboro, North Carolina’S Second Century
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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If you love Greensboro, this book is for you. It is a twentieth-century history of our city that was researched and written over a five-year period by Howard Covington Jr., who is a splendid storyteller who makes our leaders, our crises, our successes, our disappointments, our accomplishments all …
Story of Nationsbank
Changing the Face of American Banking
Av Marion A. Ellis, Howard E. Covington Jr.
E-bok, 2018
535 kr
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Charlotte-based NationsBank, formerly named NCNB, became one of the nation’s leading financial powers following its acquisition in 1988 of First Republic Bank of Texas and its merger in 1991 with Atlanta-based C&S/Sovran. The authors provide a corporate history of this maverick financial …
Terry Sanford
Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions
Av Howard E. Covington Jr., Marion A. Ellis
Inbunden, 1999
1797 kr
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Terry Sanford (1917–1998) was one of the most important public figures of the postwar South. First as North Carolina’s governor and later as president of Duke University, he demonstrated a dynamic style of progressive leadership marked by compassion and creativity. This book tells the story of …
Fire and Stone
The Making of the University of North Carolina Under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase
Inbunden, 2019
423 kr
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In June 1919 Harry Woodburn Chase was chosen to succeed Edward Kidder Graham as president of the University of North Carolina. The two were a study in contrasts. Graham was a southerner whose father had worn Confederate gray. Chase was a New Englander and suspected of being a Republican. Chase had …
