Upheaval in Charleston : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow /

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On August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Florida, and west to the Mississippi River. When the dust settled, residents of the old port city were devastated by the death and destruction. Upheaval in Charleston...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Susan Millar
Otros Autores: Hoffius, Stephen G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Dawson, Francis Warrington, > 1840-1889.
1800-1899
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 > Social aspects.
African Americans > Segregation > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 19th century.
Murder > South Carolina > Charleston.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Meurtre > Caroline du Sud > Charleston.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
African Americans > Segregation.
Murder.
Race relations.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Charleston (S.C.) > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
South Carolina > Charleston.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface : living with disaster
  • The great shock
  • Seeds of destruction
  • "The earthquake is upon us!"
  • A world turned upside down
  • The earthquake hunters
  • Aftershocks
  • An angry God
  • Labor Day
  • "Bury the dead and feed the living"
  • The comforts of science
  • Relief
  • Waiting for the apocalypse
  • Rising from the ruins
  • The old joy of combat
  • Wrapped in the stars and stripes
  • Fault lines
  • Standing over a volcano
  • Killing Captain Dawson
  • The trial
  • Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.

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