A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960
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A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960

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A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960

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This vigorous and concise history combines clarity of approach with keen insights on the patterns of South Carolina politics, agriculture, industry, education, transportation, and race relations. Lander's study gathers the manifold developments of the state's last hundred years into specific problem areas with a perceptive eye for contrast and implication.

Originally published in 1960.

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Index

Adams, Doc, Negro Militia Captain, 18
Adult education programs, 135; for Negroes, 137-38
African Methodist Episcopal Church, 164
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion, 164-65
Agricultural Adjustment Act, 73, 74
Agriculture, effects of war and reconstruction on, 106-8; depression in, 112-13; returning prosperity, 115-16; during W. W. II, 117; effect of depression of 1930’s on, 118-20; reasons for lag in, 120; recent trends in, 222-28; radical changes in, 241 ff. See also Farm life; Farm tenancy; Farm demonstration work.
Aiken, D. Wyatt, and the Grange, 111
Airports, 222
Alcohol, attempts to control, 197-98. See also Barnwell Ring; Dispensary Act.
Allen University, 152, 164, 236
Allwright decision, 169, 170
American Agriculturalist, The, 115
American Federation of Labor, 86
Ansel, Gov. Martin F., 48
Ashley, Josh, 140-41
Ashley Grange No. 1, 111
Athletics, intercollegiate, 149
Atkins, Thomas E., 208
Atlantic Coast Line, 100
Australian ballot, 54
Ball, William Watts, supported Manning for governor, 55
Baptists, 156 ff.
Barnwell Ring, as a political group, 193; attacked by Thurmond, 197-98; mentioned, 185, 198
Baruch, Bernard M., war service of in W. W. I, 59
Baseball, 92
Baskin, W. P., 174
Bates, Lester, 181-82
Benedict College, 152
“Ben Tillman’s Baby.” See Dispensary Act.
Black Code, 8-9
Blackwood, Gov. Ibra C., and road-building program, 70-71; in depression, 72; and textile strike, 94
Blatt, Speaker Solomon, 193, 198
Blease, Coleman Livingston, as governor, 49; attitude of toward Negro, 50-51; opposed by Tillman in 1912, 52; legislative program of, 51-52; led attack on Manning, 56-57; as senator, 76-77; and University, 141
Blease-Tillman feud, 52-53
Blease, Judge Eugene, 175
Bleaseites in legislature, 1916, blocked reform, 55
Blue, Lt. Victor, 44
Board of Charities and Corrections, established, 54
Bob Jones University, 233
Boll weevil, 117; destroyed Sea Island cotton, 121
Bootlegging, 38, 67
Bratton, John, 33
Brawley, Rev. E. M., 165
Brown, Sen. Edgar A., and Barnwell Ring, 193; mentioned, 182, 183, 195
Bryan, William Jennings, 43
Business leaders, planters align with in 1880’s, 30
Butler, Gen. Matthew C., 13, 19, 26, 39, 44
Butler, Thomas, 18
Byrd, Sen. Harry, 176; South’s candidate in 1956, 184
Byrnes, Gov. James F., as U. S. senator, 75; distinguished career of, 80ff.; influence of in Washington, 80-81; and the public schools, 230; mentioned, 77, 175, 183, 184, 185
Cain, Richard H., 11, 164
Calhoun, John C., estate of and Clemson College, 32
Campaign of 1876, riots during, 20; election disputed and the outcome, 17-22
Campaign of 1950, 178-80
Campaign of 1956, presidential, 184-85
Campaign of 1958, 185-86
Camp Croft, 209-10
Camp meetings, 166. See also Revivals.
Camp Wadsworth, typical training camp, descr...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. I. Reconstruction and Restitution of Home Rule, 1865-1877
  8. II. South Carolina under Democratic Party Rule, 1877-1917
  9. III. From World War I to World War II
  10. IV. The Industrial Revolution Comes to South Carolina, 1865-1941
  11. V. South Carolina Agriculture, 1865-1941
  12. VI. Education and Religion, 1865-1941
  13. VII. Political Developments and Problems, 1941-1960
  14. VIII. South Carolina Today: Some Economic and Cultural Aspects
  15. IX. Summary
  16. A Select Bibliography
  17. Index