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In Gwinnett County's two hundred years, the area has been western,
southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories
include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, legal
battles over Indian Removal, slavery and cotton, the Civil War and
the Lost Cause, New South railroad and town development,
Reconstruction and Jim Crow, business development and finance in a
national economy, a Populist uprising and Black outmigration, the
entrance of women into the political arena, the evolution of cotton
culture, the development of modern infrastructure, and the
transformation from rural to suburban to a multicultural urbanizing
place. Gwinnett, as its chamber of commerce likes to say, has it
all. However, Gwinnett has yet to be the focus of a major
historical exploration-until now. Through a compilation of essays
written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse
array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew Hild's
collection finally tells these stories in a systematic way-avoiding
the pitfalls of nonprofessional local histories that tend to ignore
issues of race, class, or gender. While not claiming to be
comprehensive, this book provides general readers and scholars
alike with a glimpse at Gwinnett through the ages. CONTRIBUTORS:
Julia Brock, William D. Bryan, Richard A. Cook Jr., Lisa L.
Crutchfield, Michael Gagnon, Edward Hatfield, Keith S. Hebert,
Matthew Hild, R. Scott Huffard Jr., David L. Mason, Marko Maunula,
Erica Metcalfe, Katheryn L. Nikolich, David B. Parker, Bradley R.
Rice, and Carey Olmstead Shellman
After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered
the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned
to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Examining
the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern
railroad network, R. Scott Huffard Jr. demonstrates how economic
and political elites used the symbolic power of the railroad to
proclaim a New South had risen. The railroad was more than just an
economic engine of growth; it was a powerful symbol of capitalism's
advance. However, as the railroad spread across the region, it also
introduced new dangers and anxieties. White southerners came to
fear the railroad would speed an upending of the racial order,
epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent robberies, and
domination by corporate monopolies. To complete the reconstruction
of capitalism, railroad corporations and their allies had to sever
the negative aspects of railroading from capitalism's powers and
deny the railroad's transformative powers to black southerners.
This study of the New South's experience with the growing railroad
network provides valuable insights into the history of
capitalism--how it evolves, expands, and overcomes resistance.
In Gwinnett County's two hundred years, the area has been western,
southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories
include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, legal
battles over Indian Removal, slavery and cotton, the Civil War and
the Lost Cause, New South railroad and town development,
Reconstruction and Jim Crow, business development and finance in a
national economy, a Populist uprising and Black outmigration, the
entrance of women into the political arena, the evolution of cotton
culture, the development of modern infrastructure, and the
transformation from rural to suburban to a multicultural urbanizing
place. Gwinnett, as its chamber of commerce likes to say, has it
all. However, Gwinnett has yet to be the focus of a major
historical exploration-until now. Through a compilation of essays
written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse
array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew Hild's
collection finally tells these stories in a systematic way-avoiding
the pitfalls of nonprofessional local histories that tend to ignore
issues of race, class, or gender. While not claiming to be
comprehensive, this book provides general readers and scholars
alike with a glimpse at Gwinnett through the ages. CONTRIBUTORS:
Julia Brock, William D. Bryan, Richard A. Cook Jr., Lisa L.
Crutchfield, Michael Gagnon, Edward Hatfield, Keith S. Hebert,
Matthew Hild, R. Scott Huffard Jr., David L. Mason, Marko Maunula,
Erica Metcalfe, Katheryn L. Nikolich, David B. Parker, Bradley R.
Rice, and Carey Olmstead Shellman
After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered
the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned
to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Examining
the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern
railroad network, R. Scott Huffard Jr. demonstrates how economic
and political elites used the symbolic power of the railroad to
proclaim a New South had risen. The railroad was more than just an
economic engine of growth; it was a powerful symbol of capitalism's
advance. However, as the railroad spread across the region, it also
introduced new dangers and anxieties. White southerners came to
fear the railroad would speed an upending of the racial order,
epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent robberies, and
domination by corporate monopolies. To complete the reconstruction
of capitalism, railroad corporations and their allies had to sever
the negative aspects of railroading from capitalism's powers and
deny the railroad's transformative powers to black southerners.
This study of the New South's experience with the growing railroad
network provides valuable insights into the history of
capitalism--how it evolves, expands, and overcomes resistance.
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