Palmetto State

Palmetto State

The Making of Modern South Carolina

  • Author: Bass, Jack; Poole, W. Scott
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9781611171389
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781611171327
  • eISBN Epub: 9781611171327
  • Place of publication:  South Carolina , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2012
  • Month: June
  • DDC: 975.7
  • Language: English

A concise approach to the major themes and events that define contemporary South Carolina

The captivating, colorful, and controversial history of South Carolina continues to warrant fresh explorations. In this sweeping story of defining episodes in the state's history, accomplished historians Jack Bass and W. Scott Poole trace the importance of race relations, historical memory, and cultural life in the progress of the Palmetto State from its colonial inception to the present day.

In the discussion of contemporary South Carolina that makes up the majority of this volume, the authors map the ways through which hard-won economic and civil rights advancements, a succession of progressive state leaders, and federal court mandates operated in tandem to bring a largely peaceful end to the Jim Crow era in South Carolina, in stark contrast to the violence wrought elsewhere in the South. This volume speaks directly to the connections between the state's past, present, and future, and it serves as a valuable point of entrance for new inquiries into South Carolina's diverse and complex heritage.

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Beginning
  • 2 The American Revolution
  • 3 An Era of Decline
  • 4 Civil War and Reconstruction
  • 5 The Tillman Era
  • 6 World Wars and the Depression
  • 7 Civil Rights Era
  • 8 Politics of Transition
  • 9 A New Era Evolves
  • 10 Popular Culture
  • 11 The Republican Rise
  • 12 Beyond the Bozart
  • 13 The Changing Economy
  • 14 Change and Continuity
  • A South Carolina Chronology
  • Notes
  • Index

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