ISBN:
9781469610962
,
1469610965
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (367 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Escott, Paul D Many Excellent People : Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900
DDC:
306.09756
Keywords:
Social classes History
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19th century
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North Carolina
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Elite (Social sciences) History
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19th century
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North Carolina
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Power (Social sciences)
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Elite (Social sciences) History 19th century
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Social classes History 19th century
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North Carolina Politics and government
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1775-1865
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North Carolina Politics and government
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1865-1950
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North Carolina Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Social classes
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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History
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North Carolina Politics and government
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1865-1950
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North Carolina Politics and government
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1775-1865
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North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950
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North Carolina Politics and government 1775-1865
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North Carolina
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
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