Yankee Town, Southern City

Race and Class Relations in Civil War Lynchburg

von Steven Elliot Tripp

364 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

One of the most hotly debated issues in the historical study of race relations is the question of how the Civil War and Reconstruction affected social relations in the South. Did the War leave class and race hierarchies intact? Or did it mark the profound disruption of a long-standing social order?Yankee Town, Southern City examines how the members of the southern community of Lynchburg, Virginia experienced four distinct but overlapping events--Secession, Civil War, Black Emancipation, and Reconstruction. By looking at life in the grog shop, at the military encampment, on the street corner, and on the shop floor, Steven Elliott Tripp illustrates the way in which ordinary people influenced the contours of race and class relations in their town.

• Reihe: NYU Press
• ISBN: 9780814782057
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1997
• Größe: 235 x 163 mm
• Verlag: NYU Press - IPS