ISBN:
9780822397632
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0822397633
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 258 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/69/09756
Keywords:
Geschichte 1850-1860
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Rural poor / History / North Carolina
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Rural poor / History / Mississippi
;
Whites / Social conditions / North Carolina
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Whites / Social conditions / Mississippi
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Weiße
;
Armut
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North Carolina
;
Staat Mississippi
;
Staat Mississippi
;
Armut
;
Weiße
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Geschichte 1850-1860
;
North Carolina
;
Armut
;
Weiße
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Geschichte 1850-1860
Abstract:
A window into the world of Antebellum poor whites : the story of Edward Isham -- "A third class of white people" : poor whites in North Carolina's central Piedmont -- A troubling presence : white poverty in a slave society -- Poverty moves West : the migration of poor whites to the old Southwest -- Poor whites in the cotton South : Northeast Mississippi -- Electoral politics and the popular presence : the political world of the Antebellum South -- Electoral politics versus the popular presence : the secession crisis in North Carolina -- Electoral politics versus the popular presence : the secession crisis in Mississippi -- Epilogue : Poor whites and the "New South"
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-250) and index. - Description based on print version record
DOI:
10.1215/9780822397632
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822397632?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822397632
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