Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895 / Theda Perdue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perdue, Theda, 1949-

Series:

Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt lecture series ; no. 16.

Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt lecture series ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Southern States--History--19th century.

Racism.

African Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Indians of North America--Southern States--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

Marginality, Social--Southern States--History--19th century.

Marginality, Social.

White people--Southern States--History--19th century.

White people.

Globalization--Social aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Globalization.

Imperialism--Social aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Southern States.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.).

Cotton States Exposition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world's fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated. White organizers had to demonstrate that the South had solved its race problem in order to attract business and capital. As a result, the exposition became a venue for a performance of race that formalized the segregation of African Americans, the banishment of Native Americans, and the incorporation of other people of color into the region's racial hierarchy. White supremacy may have been the organizing principle, but exposition organizers gave unprecedented voice to minorities. African Americans used the Negro Building to display their accomplishments, to feature prominent black intellectuals, and to assemble congresses of professionals, tradesmen, and religious bodies. American Indians became more than sideshow attractions when newspapers published accounts of the difficulties they faced. And performers of ethnographic villages on the midway pursued various agendas, including subverting Chinese exclusion and protesting violations of contracts. Close examination reveals that the Cotton States Exposition was as much about challenges to white supremacy as about its triumph.

Contents:

Beyond the "Atlanta compromise"

Vanishing Indians

The global South

Epilogue

Appendix: Teaching the Cotton States Exposition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613253033

9781283253031

1283253038

9780820342016

0820342017

OCLC:

753324220