Iron confederacies : southern railways, Klan violence, and Reconstruction

Iron confederacies : southern railways, Klan violence, and Reconstruction / Scott Reynolds Nelson.

Author/creator	Nelson, Scott Reynolds
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Description	x, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Railroads--Political aspects --Southern States --History --19th century. Railroads--Social aspects --Southern States --History --19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) States' rights (American politics) Reconstruction. Southern States--Social conditions --1865-1945. Southern States--Economic conditions. Southern States--Race relations.

Contents	Forcing nature : an iron Confederacy surveyed and graded -- The Confederacy serves the South(ern) -- Connections : political reconstruction and the public fiction of the Air Line, 1865-1871 -- The Pennsylvania Railroad's consolidation and the return of the Confederacy -- Alamance : a trenchant blade -- Pockets full of executions : the railway corridor in South Carolina -- Public fictions -- A railway redemption -- Conclusion : an ironic Confederacy.
Local note	Little-314683--3051310299921
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-250) and index.
LCCN	98041228
ISBN	0807824763 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0807848034 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F216 .N45 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold