An anthology exploring the modernization of the South Carolina upcountry and the region's role in creating the New South. Continuing the theme of unexplored moments introduced in Recovering the Piedmont Past: Unexplored Moments in Nineteenth-Century Upcountry South Carolina History, Timothy P. Grady joins with Andrew H. Myers to edit this second anthology that uncovers the microhistory of this northwest region of the state. Topics include the influence of railroads on traveling circuses, tourist resorts and visits by Booker T. Washington during the rise of Jim Crow, pioneering efforts by progressives to identify the cause of pellagra disease, a debate over populism involving "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman, the acculturation of Greek immigrants, and the daily lives of Civilian Conservation Corps workers during the New Deal. After years of being overshadowed by the coastal elite, upcountry South Carolinians began to play a vital role in modernizing the region and making it an integral part of the "New South." In a study of this shift in the balance of power, the contributors examine religious history, the economic boom and bust, popular recreational activities, and major trends that played out in small places. By providing details and nuance that illuminate the historical context of the New South and engaging with the upcountry from fresh angles, this second volume expresses a deep local interest while also speaking to broader political and social issues. Melissa Walker, the George Dean Johnson, Jr. Professor of History Emerita at Converse College and coeditor of Recovering the Piedmont Past: Unexplored Moments in Nineteenth-Century South Carolina History, provides a foreword.
Author(s): Andrew H. Myers,Timothy P. Grady
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 264
City: Columbia
Cover
Recovering the Piedmont Past, Volume 2
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Contents
Foreword The New South’s Encounters with the Nation and the World—Insights from the South Carolina Upcountry
Introduction
The Circus Is Coming to Town The Golden Age of the Circus in the South Carolina Upcountry
Booker T. Washington, Spartanburg, and the Cherokee Springs Hotel
“Paternalism run mad” The Subtreasury Debate, Ben Tillman, and the Farmers’ Alliance in the South Carolina Upcountry
The Scourge of the South Pellagra and Poverty in Spartanburg’s Mill Villages
“Oh, my God, prosper this work” William Plumer Jacobs and the Thornwell Orphanage
“Better Babies” Dr. Daniel Lesesne Smith, His Baby Hospitals, and the Southern Pediatric Seminar
From Sparta to Spartanburg The Experience of Greek Americans in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Robert Quillen An Upcountry Apostle for Small-Town Life
“Crazed mystic in the White House” W. P. Beard, White Supremacy, and Opposition to World War I
From Fifth Avenue to the Dark Corner The New York National Guard in Glassy Mountain Township, 1917–18
New Deal Communities Table Rock State Park, Pickens County, and the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression
Notes
Contributors
Index
