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The promise of the New South : life after Reconstruction /

At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ayers, Edward L., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edición:15th anniversary ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CHAPTER ONE. Junction; CHAPTER TWO. Election News; CHAPTER THREE. In Town; CHAPTER FOUR. Dry Goods; CHAPTER FIVE. Mill and Mine; CHAPTER SIX. In Black and White; CHAPTER SEVEN. Faith; CHAPTER EIGHT. Out in the Country; CHAPTER NINE. Alliances; CHAPTER TEN. Populism; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Turning of the Tide; CHAPTER TWELVE. Reunion and Reaction; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Books; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Voices; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Twentieth Century Limited; EPILOGUE; THOUGHTS ON THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES; NOTES; INDEX