Cherokees and settlers on the frontier of empire
The creation and settlement of Greenville County
Laying the foundations for Antebellum society in the upper Piedmont
Economic growth and unionist politics
From unionism to Civil War
The reconstruction of Greenville
The stirrings of the new South
Farms and mills in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
The city of Greenville during the progressive era and World War I
The Depression and the New Deal
World War II: a cauldron of change
Conclusion: the emergence of modern Greenville.