In this Book
- Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
In the grim decades after the Civil War, Southerners dreamed of industrial growth and agricultural diversification. In this study, Mr. Moore traces the development and changes that took place in the Old Dominion during these troubled postbellum years.
The state's massive debt burden touched off an upheaval, splintering the electorate into competing Funder and Readjuster factions. The Funders, composed largely of the conservative farmers of eastern Virginia and the commercial classes of the towns, were committed to pay off Virginia's prewar debt in full. The Readjusters, drawing their support from the fringe elements of society, sought a more realistic, downward adjustment of the debt.
Table of Contents
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- Title, Copyright
- pp. iii-vi
- List of Maps
- pp. ix-x
- 1. Doctor Bagby's Virginia
- pp. 16-26
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 172-177
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813163819
Related ISBN(s)
9780813153643, 9780813194813
MARC Record
OCLC
933516056
Pages
184
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No