TY - GEN T1 - Many Excellent People : Power and Privilege in North Carolina, 1850-1900. A1 - Escott, Paul D. LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press YR - 1988 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn823719623 AB - Many Excellent People# examines the nature of North Carolina's social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina's major social groups, focusing on the elite, the ordinary white farmers or workers, and the blacks, and analyzes their attitudes, social structure, and power relationships. Quoting frequently from a remarkable array of letters, journals, diaries, and other primary sources, he shows vividly the impact of the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Populism, and the rise of. OP - 367 CN - HN79.N8 E83 1988 SN - 9781469610962 SN - 1469610965 SN - 9780807842287 KW - Social classes : North Carolina : History : 19th century. KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Elite (Social sciences) : North Carolina : History : 19th century. KW - North Carolina : Politics and government : 1865-1950. KW - North Carolina : Politics and government : 1775-1865. KW - Classes sociales : Caroline du Nord : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) KW - Élite (Sciences sociales) : Caroline du Nord : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Caroline du Nord : Politique et gouvernement : 1865-1950. KW - Caroline du Nord : Politique et gouvernement : 1775-1865. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture. KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Politics and government KW - Social classes KW - North Carolina KW - 1775-1950 KW - History ER -