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## PREFACE narrative. But in our opinion the process of reconstruction involved other events less showy and of a more constructive significance. For this reason we forego the temptation of following in the footsteps of historians who have interpreted the period as only a glamorous but tragic melodrama of political intrigue. Believing that presentday South Carolina has been affected more by Reconstruction than by any other single phase of her history, we propose to give our discussion a broader scope than is usual in the histories of Southern states during the period. The destruction of the ancient economic system of the state and attendant losses, together with the changes in the form and extent of wealth and the rise of a new economic class, should cause one to ponder the economic condition of the state during Reconstruction. Therefore we are interested in the new basis of agriculture and the problem of free labor. Likewise we inquire into the nature of commerce and manufactures as well as transportation and the public finances. On the other hand we are confronted with a new social class which casts its lights and shadows on many phases of social life, including the church and edu

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Author

Francis Butler Simkins; Robert Hilliard Woody

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807801154

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities