Chattanooga, 1865-1900 a city set down in Dixie

After the Civil War, the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, forged a different path than most southern urban centers. Long a portal to the Deep South, Chattanooga was largely rebuilt by northern men, using northern capital, and imbued with northern industrial values. As such, the city served as a cultu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ezzell, Tim (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press 2013.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30025503*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The spoils of war: Chattanooga to 1870
  • "This embryo city": Chattanooga's postwar economy and society
  • "Fireworks and flapdoodle": municipal government in the 1870s
  • "An honest, fearless press": Adolph S. Ochs and the rise of the Chattanooga Times
  • Bummers, blacks, and bourbons: municipal politics, 1880-1885
  • "Shout for glory": the boom of the 1880s
  • "A choice of evils": city politics, 1885-1892
  • "Desperate times" and "Desperate remedies": the bust of the 1890s.