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Greenville : the history of the city and county in the South Carolina Piedmont /

Since the Cherokee Nation hunted the verdant hills in what is now known as Greenville County, South Carolina, the search for economic prosperity and diversity has defined the history of this thriving Upstate region and its expanding urban center. In a sweeping chronicle of the city and county, histo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Huff, Archie Vernon, 1937-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1995.
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Table des matières:
  • Cherokees and settlers on the frontier of empire
  • The creation and settlement of Greenville County
  • Laying the foundations for Antebellum society
  • Economic growth and unionist politics
  • From unionism to Civil War
  • The reconstruction of Greenville
  • The stirrings of the new South
  • Farms and mills at the turn of the century
  • The progressive era and World War I
  • The decade of the 1920s
  • The Depression and the New Deal
  • World War II: a cauldron of change
  • Conclusion: the emergence of modern Greenville.