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Night Riders - Defending Community in the Black Patch, 1890-1915

English · Paperback / Softback

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"A well-researched work of creative scholarship . . . Waldrep's book is an important contribution to our understanding of economic relationships, rural life, and violence in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South."--George C. Rable, Anderson University

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Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. The Black Patch 5

2. The Tobacco Trust 19

3. Farmers Respond 36

4. Local Problems, Federal Help 52

5. "Hillbillies" and "Possum Hunters" 63

6. Night Riders 79

7. Local Law 102

8. State Law 114

9. Federal Law, Local Order 130

10. "Shirt-Tail" Night Riders 140

11. "No Longer the Cockey Gentleman of Yore" 161

Epilogue 183

Notes 189

Bibliography 231

Index 255

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Christopher Waldrep

Product details

Authors Waldrep, Christopher Waldrep
Publisher Duke University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 23.09.1993
 
EAN 9780822313939
ISBN 978-0-8223-1393-9
No. of pages 278
Dimensions 150 mm x 231 mm x 20 mm
Weight 476 g
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General

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