Upheaval in Charleston
Subtitle: earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow
By: Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. Hoffius
Contributors: Hoffius, Stephen G.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780820337159; 9780820344218
Subjects: Social conditions; Race relations; Segregation; Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886; Social aspects; African Americans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : living with disaster; title: The great shock; title: Seeds of destruction; title: "The earthquake is upon us!"; title: A world turned upside down; title: The earthquake hunters; title: Aftershocks; title: An angry God; title: Labor Day; title: "Bury the dead and feed the living"; title: The comforts of science; title: Relief; title: Waiting for the apocalypse; title: Rising from the ruins; title: The old joy of combat; title: Wrapped in the stars and stripes; title: Fault lines; title: Standing over a volcano; title: Killing Captain Dawson; title: The trial; title: Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.