The great South
Subtitle: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
By: by Edward King ; profusely illustrated from original sketches by J. Wells Champney
Contributors: Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Description and travel; History; Politics and government; Social life and customs; Social conditions; Industrialization; Manufacturing industries; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African Americans
Other titles: The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Documents the author's travels through the Southern States of America and their recovery after the Civil War.  Looks at local history and geography, industrialization, politics, education, plantation life, buildings, festivals,  minerals, agriculture, railroads, and many other aspects of Southern life.  Includes appendix with statistics for population and cotton manufacturing and trade.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed August 28, 2002)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: The great South : a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland / by Edward King ; profusely illustrated from original sketches by J. Wells Champney. Hartford, Conn. : American Publishing Co., 1875. 802, [4] p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

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