Many Excellent People: Power and Privilege in North Carolina,

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Many Excellent People: Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

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 the New South industrialism on southern society.

Working within the new social history and using detailed analyses of five representative counties, wartime violence, Ku Klux Klan membership, stock-law legislation, and textile mill records, Escott reaches telling conclusions on the interplay of race, class, and politics. Despite fundamental political and economic reforms, Escott argues, North Carolina's social system remained as hierarchical and undemocratic in 1900 as it had been in 1850.

Country	USA
Author	Paul D. Escott
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807842287
Edition	1st New edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807842281
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	344
PublicationDate	1988-08-01
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Many Excellent People: Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

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