03225nam 2200625 a 450 991081882720332120230427224347.0979-88-908656-3-21-4696-1096-5(CKB)2670000000315417(EBL)1107598(OCoLC)823719623(SSID)ssj0001101189(PQKBManifestationID)11726526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101189(PQKBWorkID)11066943(PQKB)10469564(Au-PeEL)EBL1107598(CaPaEBR)ebr10641225(CaONFJC)MIL930327(MiAaPQ)EBC1107598(EXLCZ)99267000000031541719841224d1985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMany excellent people power and privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 /Paul D. EscottChapel Hill :University of North Carolina Press,1985.1 online resource (367 pages) portraitsFred 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; IndexMany 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 government1775-1865Social classesHistoryPower (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)History306/.09756Escott Paul D.1947-1597973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818827203321Many excellent people4030298UNINA