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9781469652818

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"A well-written and timely study. . . . [A] valuable addition to the burgeoning history of capitalism."" --American Nineteenth Century History Based on extensive research in southern newspapers, archive collections, and memoirs. . . . The book is a refreshing change because it uses sources in a fresh way to reveal how and why southerners responded to the massive changes that swept through the New South.--North Carolina Historical Review"

"A well-written and timely study. . . . [A] valuable addition to the burgeoning history of capitalism."" --American Nineteenth Century History An exceptional piece of railroad history that both tells an important historical narrative about the growth of the southern post-Civil War railroad network while at the same time using the railroad as a mechanism to investigate themes around race, capitalism, and technological progress. . . . exceptional.--American Historical Review Based on extensive research in southern newspapers, archive collections, and memoirs. . . . The book is a refreshing change because it uses sources in a fresh way to reveal how and why southerners responded to the massive changes that swept through the New South.--North Carolina Historical Review"

Based on extensive research in southern newspapers, archive collections, and memoirs. . . . The book is a refreshing change because it uses sources in a fresh way to reveal how and why southerners responded to the massive changes that swept through the New South.--North Carolina Historical Review

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R. Scott Huffard Jr is assistant professor of history at Lees-McRae College.

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