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Recovering the Piedmont past, bridging the centuries in the South Carolina Upcountry, 1877-1941, edited by Timothy P. Grady and Andrew H. Myers ; foreword by Melissa Walker, Volume 2

Label
Recovering the Piedmont past, bridging the centuries in the South Carolina Upcountry, 1877-1941, edited by Timothy P. Grady and Andrew H. Myers ; foreword by Melissa Walker, Volume 2
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Recovering the Piedmont past
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1039201287
Responsibility statement
edited by Timothy P. Grady and Andrew H. Myers ; foreword by Melissa Walker
Sub title
bridging the centuries in the South Carolina Upcountry, 1877-1941
Summary
"Continuing the theme of unexplored moments introduced in Recovering the Piedmont Past: Unexplored Moments in Nineteenth-Century Upcountry South Carolina History, Timothy P. Grady joins with Andrew H. Myers to edit this second anthology that uncovers the microhistory of this northwest region of the state. Topics include the influence of railroads on traveling circuses, tourist resorts and visits by Booker T. Washington during the rise of Jim Crow, pioneering efforts by progressives to identify the cause of pellagra, a debate over populism involving 'Pitchfork Ben' Tillman, the acculturation of Greek immigrants, and the daily lives of Civilian Conservation Corps workers during the New Deal"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The New South's encounters with the nation and the world: insights from the South Carolina Upcountry / Melissa Walker -- Introduction / Andrew H. Myers, Timothy P. Grady -- The circus is coming to town: the golden age of the circus in the South Carolina Upcountry / Timothy P. Grady -- Booker T. Washington, Spartanburg, and the Cherokee Springs Hotel / Andrew H. Myers -- "Paternalism run mad": the subtreasury debate, Ben Tillman, & the Farmers' Alliance in the South Carolina Upcountry / Kevin Krause -- Scourge of the South: pellagra and poverty in Spartanburg's mill villages / Diane C. Vecchio -- Oh, my god, prosper this work: William Plumer Jacobs and the Thornwell Orphanage / Nancy Snell Griffith -- "Better babies": Dr. Daniel Lesesne Smith, his baby hospitals, & the Southern Pediatric Seminar / Alexia Jones Helsley -- From Sparta to Spartanburg: the experience of Greek Americans in Spartanburg, South Carolina / Catherine G. Canino -- Robert Quillen: an Upcountry apostle for small-town life / Marvin L. Cann -- Crazed mystic in the White House: W.P. Beard, white supremacy, & opposition to World War I / Robert B. McCormick -- From Fifth Avenue to the dark corner: the New York National Guard in Glassy Mountain Township, 1917-18 / Jonathan K. Brooke -- New Deal communities: Table Rock State Park, Pickens County, and the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression / Christopher M. Bishop
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