From yeoman to redneck in the South Carolina upcountry, 1850-1915
By: Stephen A. West.
Series: The American South series
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780813926995; 9780813927046
Subjects: Men, White -- South Carolina -- Social conditions; Farmers -- South Carolina -- Social conditions; Rednecks -- South Carolina -- History; Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- South Carolina -- History; Elite (Social sciences) -- South Carolina -- Attitudes -- History; Political culture -- South Carolina -- History; South Carolina -- History -- 19th century; South Carolina -- History -- 20th century; South Carolina -- Social conditions; Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: The Yeoman and the Old South; label: 1
title: Rethinking the Southern Yeoman: Slaves, Land, and Class in the Antebellum Upper Piedmont; label: 2
title: Forging a "United People": Violence and Pro-slavery Politics; label: 3
title: "A Complete Landsturm"? The Mobilization for Secession in the South Carolina Upcountry; label: 2
title: The Redneck and the New South; label: 4
title: Town and Country in the New South; label: 5
title: "The Majesty of the Law Should Constrain and Prevail": Lynch Law and Its White Opponents, 1890-1910; label: 6
title: Demagogue and Redneck in the New South