| Yankee Town, Southern City: Race and Class Relations in Civil War Lynchburg Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tripp, Steven Elliot (Author) |
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ISBN: 081478237X ISBN-13: 9780814782378 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: "A readable and interesting book that . . . provides a vivid portrait of the evolution of one southern city during this trying period. It is a most worthy contribution to the literature of the South and to urban history generally." "--John Ingham, Journal of American History" 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 longstanding 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.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| Series: American Social Experience |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.9" W x 8.98" (1.10 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? |
Contributor Bio(s): Tripp, Steven Elliot: - Steven Elliott Tripp is Associate Professor of History at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. |