Many excellent people : power and privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 / Paul D. Escott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Escott, Paul D., 1947-

Series:

Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Power (Social sciences).

Elite (Social sciences)--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

North Carolina--Social conditions.

North Carolina.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages) : portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890865632

9781469610962

1469610965

OCLC:

823719623