Williams, Susan Millar.

Upheaval in Charleston earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow / [electronic resource] : Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. Hoffius. - Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011. - xiv, 340 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : living with disaster -- The great shock -- Seeds of destruction -- "The earthquake is upon us!" -- A world turned upside down -- The earthquake hunters -- Aftershocks -- An angry God -- Labor Day -- "Bury the dead and feed the living" -- The comforts of science -- Relief -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- Rising from the ruins -- The old joy of combat -- Wrapped in the stars and stripes -- Fault lines -- Standing over a volcano -- Killing Captain Dawson -- The trial -- Epilogue : rebuilding the walls.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889.


Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886--Social aspects.
African Americans--Segregation--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
Murder--South Carolina--Charleston.


Charleston (S.C.)--History--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions--19th century.


Electronic books.

F279.C457 / W55 2011eb

975.7/915041