A History of South Carolina, 1865-1960

Ernest McPherson Lander

• Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press
• Año: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781469644110
• Categoría: History
• Categoría: North American History

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. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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...