Jane Shaw Stroup (who also writes as Jane S. Shaw) is chairperson of the Raleigh-based James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, where she retired as president in 2015. Currently, she is an editorial consultant for the John Locke Foundation. She is a coauthor of the new edition of Common Sense Economics (St. Martin’s Press).
Before coming to North Carolina in 2006, Jane was a senior fellow with PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center, in Bozeman, Montana. She wrote and edited many articles about what became known as free market environmentalism. She coauthored Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children about the Environment with Michael Sanera (Regnery) and co-edited A Guide to Smart Growth with Ron Utt (Heritage Foundation). Before joining PERC, she was an associate economics editor of Business Week in New York City.
Jane has a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in history from North Carolina State University. She was married to the late Richard L. Stroup.
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The Textile Industry in North Carolina
For many years, North Carolina was a leading textile-making state, specializing in cotton.The fortunes of North Carolina’s textile industry illustrate how industries can grow and shrink. Factors such as geography, competition, changing tastes, and changing technology have all contributed to the industry’s ups and downs. North Carolina has many rivers, most of which are not...
Battle of Guilford County Courthouse
The Battle of Guilford County Courthouse was formally a victory for the British but it so damaged Charles Cornwallis's army that it never recovered.
The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge (1776)
Some revolutionary battles took place in the colonies before independence was declared on July 4, 1776. One of those was the February 27, 1776, battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in Pender County, North Carolina.