Research Catalog

Title

Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895 / Theda Perdue.

Author

Perdue, Theda, 1949-

Publication

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

xvi, 182 p., [18] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world's fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt lecture series ; no. 16

Uniform Title

• Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt lecture series no. 16.
• Project Muse UPCC books

Alternative Title

Race & the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895

Subject

• 1800-1899
• African Americans > Southern States > History > 19th century
• Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.)
• Globalization > History > Southern States > 19th century
• Imperialism > History > Southern States > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Southern States > History > 19th century
• Marginality, Social > Southern States > History > 19th century
• Racism > Southern States > History > 19th century
• Southern States > History > 19th century
• United States > Territorial expansion
• White people > Southern States > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

Electronic books

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Beyond the "Atlanta compromise" -- Vanishing Indians -- The global South -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Teaching the Cotton States Exposition.

ISBN

• 9780820334028 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0820334022 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009022171

OCLC

318867278

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library