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Autore: | Escott Paul D. <1947-> |
Titolo: | Many excellent people : power and privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 / / Paul D. Escott |
Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1985 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (367 pages) : portraits |
Disciplina: | 306/.09756 |
Soggetto topico: | Social classes - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
Power (Social sciences) | |
Elite (Social sciences) - North Carolina - History - 19th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | North Carolina Social conditions |
North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950 | |
North Carolina Politics and government 1775-1865 | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | Many 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Many excellent people |
ISBN: | 979-88-908656-3-2 |
1-4696-1096-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786071003321 |
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