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r Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. The Spoils of War: Chattanooga to 1870 1 2. “This Embryo City”: Chattanooga’s Postwar Economy and Society 15 3. “Fireworks and Flapdoodle”: Municipal Government in the 1870s 31 4. “An Honest, Fearless Press”: Adolph S. Ochs and the Rise of the Chattanooga Times 49 5. Bummers, Blacks, and Bourbons: Municipal Politics, 1880–1885 71 6. “Shout for Glory”: The Boom of the 1880s 93 7. “A Choice of Evils”: City Politics, 1885–1892 107 8. “Desperate Times” and “Desperate Remedies”: The Bust of the 1890s 123 Epilogue 141 Appendix: Local Election Results, 1880–1895 145 Notes 155 Index 185 ...