The South at work [electronic resource] : observations from 1904 / William Garrott Brown ; new introduction by Bruce E. Baker.
Material type: TextSeries: Southern classics series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9781611173765
- 1611173760
- 306.097509/034 23
- F215 .B8835 2014
Compliation of 20 articles previously published in various newspapers and other periodicals in 1904.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evidences of important changes in its ideals -- New energy is evident in Virginia -- Durham and the famous Duke Family -- Tolerance shown in North Carolina -- In the mill region of South Carolina -- Is the southern black man "making good"? -- Florida recovering from its depression -- Progress as noted in rural Aabama -- The present and the future of Birmingham -- Fiery Governor Vardaman of Mississippi -- Mississippi's land awaiting improvement -- What the levees are worth to Mississippi -- New Orleans and its bright future -- Texas, the land of mighty contrasts -- The awakening of Texas in agriculture -- On the vast plains of southern Texas -- Educational endowments in Texas -- Texas as a grain-growing state -- Unreliable labor responsible for its backwardness -- Rehabilitation is now almost complete.
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