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Upheaval in Charleston earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow /

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Autore principale: Williams, Susan Millar
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Altri autori: Hoffius, Stephen G.
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Soggetti:
Dawson, Francis Warrington, > 1840-1889.
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 > Social aspects.
African Americans > Segregation > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 19th century.
Murder > South Carolina > Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
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Sommario:
  • 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.

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