Katharine and R. J. Reynolds : Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South /

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"Katharine and R.J. Reynolds reveals the broad economic, social, cultural, and political changes that were the backdrop to the Reynoldses' lives. Portraying a New South shaped by tensions between rural poverty and industrial transformation, white working-class inferiority and deeply entren...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillespie, Michele
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Reynolds, R. J. > (Richard Joshua), > 1850-1918.
Reynolds, Katharine Smith, > 1880-1924.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company > Biography.
Businesswomen.
Businessmen.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Businesswomen > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Katharine and R.J. Reynolds reveals the broad economic, social, cultural, and political changes that were the backdrop to the Reynoldses' lives. Portraying a New South shaped by tensions between rural poverty and industrial transformation, white working-class inferiority and deeply entrenched racism, and the solidification of a one-party political system, [Michele] Gillespie offers a masterful life-and-times biography of these important North Carolinians."--Publisher's web site.
Physical Description:1 online resource (448 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780820344652

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