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Power and Industry Shape Early North Carolina Growth
The article traces North Carolina's shift from scattered crafts and small workshops to a robust manufacturing region. It notes colonial-era trades, limited markets, and transport barriers that hindered growth, then links later industrial expansion to settlement patterns, immigrant skills, and the push toward larger scale production.
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