LEADER 03285nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910462830403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-1096-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000315417 035 $a(EBL)1107598 035 $a(OCoLC)823719623 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001101189 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11726526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101189 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11066943 035 $a(PQKB)10469564 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1107598 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1107598 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641225 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930327 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000315417 100 $a19841224d1985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMany excellent people$b[electronic resource] $epower and privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 /$fPaul D. Escott 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc1985 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 225 0$aFred W. Morrison series in Southern studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-4228-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; R 327 $aST; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aMany 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 of 606 $aSocial classes$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNorth Carolina$xSocial conditions 607 $aNorth Carolina$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 607 $aNorth Carolina$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory 676 $a306/.09756 700 $aEscott$b Paul D.$f1947-$0847873 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462830403321 996 $aMany excellent people$92469258 997 $aUNINA