"Magic City" Class, Community, and Reform in Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912
Author : Paul Rand Dotson
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File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Paul Rand Dotson
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File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Rand Dotson
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1572336439
Tells the story of a city that for a brief period was widely hailed as a regional model for industrialization as well as the ultimate success symbol for the rehabilitation of the former Confederacy. In a region where modernization seemed to move at a glacial pace, those looking for signs of what they were triumphantly calling the "New South" pointed to Roanoke. No southern city grew faster than Roanoke did during the 1880s. A hardscrabble Appalachian tobacco depot originally known by the uninspiring name of Big Lick, it became a veritable boomtown by the end of the decade as a steady stream of investment and skilled manpower flowed in from north of the Mason-Dixon line. The first scholarly treatment of Roanoke's early history, the book explains how native businessmen convinced a northern investment company to make their small town a major railroad hub. It then describes how that venture initially paid off, as the influx of thousands of people from the North and the surrounding Virginia countryside helped make Roanoke - presumptuously christened the "Magic City" by New South proponents - the state's third-largest city by the turn of the century. Rand Dotson recounts what life was like for Roanoke's wealthy elites, working poor, and African American inhabitants. He also explores the social conflicts that ultimately erupted as a result of well-intended 3reforms4 initiated by city leaders. Dotson illustrates how residents mediated the catastrophic Depression of 1893 and that year's infamous Roanoke Riot, which exposed the faȧde masking the city's racial tensions, inadequate physical infrastructure, and provincial mentality of the local populace. Dotson then details the subsequent attempts of business boosters and progressive reformers to attract the additional investments needed to put their city back on track. Ultimately, Dotson explains, Roanoke's early struggles stemmed from its business leaders' unwavering belief that economic development would serve as the panacea for all of the town's problems.
Author : Gianluca De Fazio
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 2024-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0813951178
Uncovering the history and examining the legacy of lynching in the state of Virginia Although not as associated with lynching as other southern states, Virginia has a tragically extensive history with these horrific crimes. This important volume examines the more than one hundred people who were lynched in Virginia between 1866 and 1932. Its diverse set of contributors—including scholars, journalists, activists, and students—recover this wider history of lynching in Virginia, interrogate its legacy, and spotlight contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of racial terror across the commonwealth. Together, their essays represent a small part of the growing effort to come to terms with the role Virginia played in perpetuating America’s national shame.
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Roanoke (Va.)
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Page : 1140 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Historians
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Author : Clarence R. Geier
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 2017-02-10
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ISBN : 9781541023482
The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
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Page : 656 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
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Page : 620 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
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Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
Author : Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher : Lucia Marquand
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Painting
ISBN : 9781555953614
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Author : Broadus Mitchell
Publisher : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,86 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Cotton growing
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