03285nam 2200637 a 450 991046283040332120200520144314.01-4696-1096-5(CKB)2670000000315417(EBL)1107598(OCoLC)823719623(SSID)ssj0001101189(PQKBManifestationID)11726526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101189(PQKBWorkID)11066943(PQKB)10469564(MiAaPQ)EBC1107598(Au-PeEL)EBL1107598(CaPaEBR)ebr10641225(CaONFJC)MIL930327(EXLCZ)99267000000031541719841224d1985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMany excellent people[electronic resource] power and privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 /Paul D. EscottChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc19851 online resource (367 p.)Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-4228-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Idea of a Republic versus Democracy; Chapter 2. An Unpopular War and Poverty; Chapter 3. Internal War; Chapter 4. Reconstruction: Resistance to White Democracy; Chapter 5. Reconstruction: The Battle against Black Freedom; Chapter 6. Change and Repression, 1868-1878; Chapter 7. Unstable Dominance in a ""New"" South; Chapter 8. Leaders of the New South; Chapter 9. Workers in the New South; Chapter 10. Democratic Challenge, Undemocratic Solution; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; RST; U; V; W; Y; ZMany Excellent People# examines the nature of North Carolina's social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina's major social groups, focusing on the elite, the ordinary white farmers or workers, and the blacks, and analyzes their attitudes, social structure, and power relationships. Quoting frequently from a remarkable array of letters, journals, diaries, and other primary sources, he shows vividly the impact of the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Populism, and the rise ofSocial classesNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryPower (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)North CarolinaHistory19th centuryNorth CarolinaSocial conditionsNorth CarolinaPolitics and government1865-1950North CarolinaPolitics and government1775-1865Electronic books.Social classesHistoryPower (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)History306/.09756Escott Paul D.1947-847873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462830403321Many excellent people2469258UNINA