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Man and Mission: E.B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony
Contributor(s): Gaston, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 1603060405     ISBN-13: 9781603060400
Publisher: NewSouth Books
OUR PRICE:   $19.76  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
- Biography & Autobiography
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2012041091
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.46 lbs) 158 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - South
 
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In Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, historian Paul Gaston relates his grandfather's 1864 founding of the utopian community of Fairhope, Alabama. The twenty-eight "Fairhopers" hoped to realize an "equality of opportunity, the full reward of individual efforts, and the benefits of co-operation in matters of general concern," at a time when the economic system of the United States was ravaged by monopoly capitalism. Using family and public records, Man and Mission gives an intimate view of a vibrant moment in the history of Gilded Age America.

Contributor Bio(s): Gaston, Paul M. M.: - Paul Gaston was born and reared in Fairhope, Alabama, about which he has written two books. He is also the author of The New South Creed, winner of the Lillian Smith Award for distinguished writing about the South. He is a past president of the Southern Regional Council and has been a frequent visitor in South Africa, both before and after the fall of apartheid. He has received numerous honors for both his professional work and civil rights leadership, including the outstanding professor award from the Commonwealth of Virginia; bridge builder recognition from the city of Charlottesville; legendary civil rights activist from the NAACP; and community leader, from his alma mater, Swarthmore College.