Name/Title
Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim CrowEntry/Object ID
2011.004.09Description
An account of the 1886 earthquake and the social change that occurred, as Confederate veterans and former slaves struggled to determine how they would coexist a generation after the end of the Civil War. Also tells the story of Francis Warrington Dawson, a British expatriate drawn to the south by the romance of the Confederacy.
Contents: Preface : living with disaster -- The great shock -- Seeds of destruction -- "The earthquake is upon us!" -- A world turned upside down -- The earthquake hunters -- Aftershocks -- An angry God -- Labor Day -- "Bury the dead and feed the living" -- The comforts of science -- Relief -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- Rising from the ruins -- The old joy of combat -- Wrapped in the stars and stripes -- Fault lines -- Standing over a volcano -- Killing Captain Dawson -- The trial -- Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.
xiv, 340 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
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2011.004.Source or Donor
New Library Books Purchased (2011)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889, Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886--Social aspects, African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century, Charleston (S.C.)--History--19th century, Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations--History--19th century, Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions--19th century, Murder--South Carolina--CharlestonBook Details
Author
Hoffius, Stephen G., Williams, Susan MillarPublisher
University of Georgia PressDate Published
2011Call No.
F279 .C457 W55 2011ISBN
9780820337159LCCN
2010045462Location
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PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Susan Millar Williams and Stephen G. Hoffius.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-323) and index.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 17, 2011Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
April 5, 2023