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Contents List of Figures ix List of Maps xi List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Prologue 3 ONE Settling the Wilderness 14 TWO Building Communities in the Wilderness 42 THREE A Southside Community in Transition 60 FOUR The Evangelical Revolt in the Backcountry 97 FIVE The Constitutional Revolt in the Backcountry 120 Six The Clash of Cultural Styles 140 SEVEN Toward Stability 160 EIGHT The Accommodation of Cultures 186 NINE The Creation of a Southern Identity 212 Epilogue 227 Appendix 1 I The Economic Elite ofLunenburg County, 1750­1815 231 Appendix 2 I Lunenburg County Court, 1770­1815 234 Notes 237 Index 265 This page intentionally left blank ...

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