Field to Factory to Finance with Tom Hanchett, PhD

TOPIC:  Field to Factory to Finance: A History of Charlotte and its Region

SPEAKER: Tom Hanchett, PhD, Author

Trace the development of our city from an Indian crossroads to a farm hamlet to hub of America’s textile manufacturing region, to a major banking center today.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Tom Hanchett is a community historian who works with neighborhood groups in Charlotte. Educated at Cornell, University of Chicago and UNC Chapel Hill, he is author of a history book about Charlotte, Sorting Out the New South City, as well as his new book Affordable Housing in Charlotte: What One City’s History Tells Us About America’s Pressing Problem. Charlotte Magazine calls him “Charlotte’s Dr. History” and named him a Charlottean of the Year.

Click here to check out his lively website. 

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