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Upheaval in Charleston [electronic resource] : earthquake and murder on the eve of Jim Crow / Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. Hoffius.

By: Williams, Susan Millar.
Contributor(s): Hoffius, Stephen G | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011Description: xiv, 340 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps.Subject(s): Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889 | Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 -- Social aspects | African Americans -- Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 975.7/915041 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.