03429cam a2200397 i 4500 282969956 TxAuBib 20080305120000.0 050831s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005024082 9781578068470 hardcover : cloth $45.00 1578068479 hardcover : cloth $45.00 TxAuBib rda Cresswell, Stephen Edward. Rednecks, redeemers, and race : Mississippi after Reconstruction, 1877-1917 / by Stephen Cresswell. First edition 2006. Jackson, Mississippi : University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society, 2006. ©2006. x, 283 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Heritage of Mississippi ; 3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index. Civil War, reconstruction, and 1877 -- Change and continuity in Mississippi agriculture -- The persistent institution Black labor and race control -- The persistent institution Conflict and racial separation -- Black Mississippians confront the system -- Politics in late-nineteenth-century Mississippi -- The Mississippi constitution of 1890 and political dissent -- Industrialization -- Industrial workers -- Age of modernization Transportation, cities, and public health -- The era of Vardaman and Bilbo -- Change and continuity in Mississippi. "Mississippi saw great change in the four decades after Reconstruction. Between 1877 and 1917 the state transformed. Its cities increased rapidly in size and saw the advent of electric lights, streetcars, and moving pictures. Farmers diversified their operations, sharply increasing their production of corn, sweet potatoes, and dairy products. Mississippians built large textile mills and increased the number of manufacturing workers tenfold." "But many things did not change. In 1917 as in 1877, Mississippi was a top cotton producer and relied more heavily on cotton than on any other product. In 1917 as in 1877 the state had troubled race relations and was all too often the site of lynchings and race riots. Compared with other states in 1917, Mississippi was near the bottom of the list for length of the school year, for percentage of farms that boasted tractors, and for the number of miles of paved or gravel roads. Mississippi was the least urban and most agricultural state in the nation." "Rednecks, Redeemers, and Race examines the paradox of significant change alongside these continuities. It explores the reasons Mississippi was not more successful in urbanizing, in industrializing, and in reducing its reliance on cotton. The volume choses by looking at future events that would move Mississippi closer to the national mainstream." -- from the jacket. 20080305. Social change Mississippi History 19th century. Social change Mississippi History 20th century. Mississippiana. Mississippi Politics and government 1865-1950. Mississippi Race relations. Mississippi Social conditions. Mississippi Economic conditions. Heritage of Mississippi ; 3.