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The Resource Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow, Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius

Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow, Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius

Label
Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow
Title
Upheaval in Charleston
Title remainder
earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow
Statement of responsibility
Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Williams, Susan Millar
Dewey number
975.7/915041
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Hoffius, Stephen G
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Charleston (S.C.)
  • Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886
  • Charleston (S.C.)
  • Charleston (S.C.)
  • African Americans
  • Dawson, Francis Warrington
  • Murder
Label
Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow, Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Preface : living with disaster -- Great shock -- Seeds of destruction -- "The earthquake is upon us!" -- A world turned upside down -- Earthquake hunters -- Aftershocks -- An angry God -- Labor Day -- "Bury the dead and feed the living" -- The comforts of science -- Relief -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- Rising from the ruins -- The old joy of combat -- Wrapped in the stars and stripes -- Fault lines -- Standing over a volcano -- Killing Captain Dawson -- The trial -- Epilogue : rebuilding the walls
Control code
ocn681534922
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 340 p.
Isbn
9780820344218
Lccn
2010045462
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)681534922
Label
Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow, Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Preface : living with disaster -- Great shock -- Seeds of destruction -- "The earthquake is upon us!" -- A world turned upside down -- Earthquake hunters -- Aftershocks -- An angry God -- Labor Day -- "Bury the dead and feed the living" -- The comforts of science -- Relief -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- Rising from the ruins -- The old joy of combat -- Wrapped in the stars and stripes -- Fault lines -- Standing over a volcano -- Killing Captain Dawson -- The trial -- Epilogue : rebuilding the walls
Control code
ocn681534922
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 340 p.
Isbn
9780820344218
Lccn
2010045462
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)681534922

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