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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458481403321

Autore

Brown William Garrott <1868-1913, >

Titolo

The South at work : observations from 1904 / / William Garrott Brown ; new introduction by Bruce E. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61117-376-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Collana

Southern Classics Series

Disciplina

306.097509/034

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Southern States History 1865-1951

Southern States Social conditions 1865-1945

Southern States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Compliation of 20 articles previously published in various newspapers and other periodicals in 1904.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evidences of important changes in its ideals -- New energy is evident in Virginia -- Durham and the famous Duke Family -- Tolerance shown in North Carolina -- In the mill region of South Carolina -- Is the southern black man "making good"? -- Florida recovering from its depression -- Progress as noted in rural Aabama -- The present and the future of Birmingham -- Fiery Governor Vardaman of Mississippi -- Mississippi's land awaiting improvement -- What the levees are worth to Mississippi -- New Orleans and its bright future -- Texas, the land of mighty contrasts -- The awakening of Texas in agriculture -- On the vast plains of southern Texas -- Educational endowments in Texas -- Texas as a grain-growing state -- Unreliable labor responsible for its backwardness -- Rehabilitation is now almost complete.