The Resource The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction, Edward L. Ayers
The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction, Edward L. Ayers
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- Summary
- At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching. In this story, with its blend of new technology and old hatreds, genteel picnics and mob violence, Edward Ayers captures the history of the South in the years between Reconstruction and the turn of the century - a combination of progress and reaction that defined the contradictory promise of the New South. Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts - a time of progress and repression, of new industries and old ways. Ayers takes us from remote Southern towns, revolutionized by the spread of the railroads, to the statehouses where Democratic "Redeemers" swept away the legacy of Reconstruction; from the small farmers, trapped into growing nothing but cotton, to the new industries of Birmingham; from abuse and intimacy in the family to tumultuous public meetings of the prohibitionists. He explores every aspect of society, politics, and the economy, detailing the importance of each in the emerging New South. Here is the local Baptist congregation, the country store, the tobacco-stained second-class railroad car, the rise of Populism: the teeming, nineteenth-century South comes to life in these pages. And central to the entire story is the role of race relations, from alliances and friendships between blacks and whites to the spread of Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement. Ayers weaves all these details into the contradictory story of the New South, showing how the region developed the patterns it was to follow for the next fifty years. When Edward Ayers published Vengeance & Justice, a landmark study of crime and punishment in the nineteenth-century South, he received universal acclaim. Now he provides an unforgettable account of the New South - a land with one foot in the future and the other in the past
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 572 pages
- Contents
-
- Junction
- Election news
- In town
- Dry goods
- Mill and mine
- In black and white
- Faith
- Out in the Country
- Alliances
- Populism
- Turning of the tide
- Reunion and reaction
- Books
- Voices
- Twentieth Century Limited
- Epilogue
- Appendix : A note on sources and methods
- Isbn
- 9780195037562
- Label
- The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction
- Title
- The promise of the New South
- Title remainder
- life after Reconstruction
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward L. Ayers
- Subject
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- trueReconstruction (United States history) -- Southern States
- Maatschappij
- trueSouthern States -- History -- 1865-1898
- History
- trueSouthern States -- Civilization -- 19th century
- États-Unis (Sud) -- Civilisation -- 19e siècle
- Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951
- EE. UU. -- Estados del Sur | Civilización -- Siglo XIX
- Civilization
- Southern States
- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire -- 1865-1951
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Reconstruction
- 1800 - 1951
- Cultuur
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching. In this story, with its blend of new technology and old hatreds, genteel picnics and mob violence, Edward Ayers captures the history of the South in the years between Reconstruction and the turn of the century - a combination of progress and reaction that defined the contradictory promise of the New South. Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts - a time of progress and repression, of new industries and old ways. Ayers takes us from remote Southern towns, revolutionized by the spread of the railroads, to the statehouses where Democratic "Redeemers" swept away the legacy of Reconstruction; from the small farmers, trapped into growing nothing but cotton, to the new industries of Birmingham; from abuse and intimacy in the family to tumultuous public meetings of the prohibitionists. He explores every aspect of society, politics, and the economy, detailing the importance of each in the emerging New South. Here is the local Baptist congregation, the country store, the tobacco-stained second-class railroad car, the rise of Populism: the teeming, nineteenth-century South comes to life in these pages. And central to the entire story is the role of race relations, from alliances and friendships between blacks and whites to the spread of Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement. Ayers weaves all these details into the contradictory story of the New South, showing how the region developed the patterns it was to follow for the next fifty years. When Edward Ayers published Vengeance & Justice, a landmark study of crime and punishment in the nineteenth-century South, he received universal acclaim. Now he provides an unforgettable account of the New South - a land with one foot in the future and the other in the past
- Summary
- Describes Southern society, economy, and politics in the years following the Reconstruction, and recounts what daily life was like
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 350204
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 975.041
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F215
- LC item number
- .A94 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- F125.A94
- NAL item number
- 1992
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- life after Reconstruction
- Label
- The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction, Edward L. Ayers
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Junction -- Election news -- In town -- Dry goods -- Mill and mine -- In black and white -- Faith -- Out in the Country -- Alliances -- Populism -- Turning of the tide -- Reunion and reaction -- Books -- Voices -- Twentieth Century Limited -- Epilogue -- Appendix : A note on sources and methods
- Control code
- 32517
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 572 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195037562
- Lccn
- 91033070
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm24539635
- (OCoLC)24539635
- Label
- The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction, Edward L. Ayers
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Junction -- Election news -- In town -- Dry goods -- Mill and mine -- In black and white -- Faith -- Out in the Country -- Alliances -- Populism -- Turning of the tide -- Reunion and reaction -- Books -- Voices -- Twentieth Century Limited -- Epilogue -- Appendix : A note on sources and methods
- Control code
- 32517
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 572 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195037562
- Lccn
- 91033070
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm24539635
- (OCoLC)24539635
Subject
- 1800 - 1951
- Civilization
- Cultuur
- EE. UU. -- Estados del Sur | Civilización -- Siglo XIX
- History
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Reconstruction
- Maatschappij
- trueReconstruction (United States history) -- Southern States
- Southern States
- trueSouthern States -- Civilization -- 19th century
- trueSouthern States -- History -- 1865-1898
- Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951
- États-Unis (Sud) -- Civilisation -- 19e siècle
- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire -- 1865-1951
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