Hurricane Jim Crow - How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South (Hardcover)

On an August night in 1893, the deadliest hurricane in South Carolina history struck the Lowcountry, killing thousands-almost all African American. But the devastating storm is only the beginning of this story. The hurricane's long effects intermingled with ongoing processes of economic downturn, racial oppression, resistance, and environmental change. In the Lowcountry, the political, economic, and social conditions of Jim Crow were inextricable from its environmental dimensions. This narrative history of a monumental disaster and its aftermath uncovers how Black workers and politicians, white landowners and former enslavers, northern interlocutors and humanitarians all met on the flooded ground of the coast and fought to realize very different visions for the region's future. Through a telescoping series of narratives in which no one's actions were ever fully triumphant or utterly futile, Hurricane Jim Crow explores with nuance this painful and contradictory history and shows how environmental change, political repression, and communal traditions of resistance, survival, and care converged.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Caroline Grego
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-4696-7134-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	1-4696-7134-4
Barcode:	9781469671345

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