An edition of Bittersweet legacy (1991)

Bittersweet legacy

the Black and white "better classes" in Charlotte, 1850-1910

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
April 28, 2010 | History
An edition of Bittersweet legacy (1991)

Bittersweet legacy

the Black and white "better classes" in Charlotte, 1850-1910

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Bittersweet Legacy is the dramatic story of the relationship between two generations of black and white southerners in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1850 to 1910 - a time usually characterized as racially antagonistic. Janette Greenwood describes the interactions between black and white business and professional people - the "better classes," as they called themselves.

The black members of this class were born in slavery and educated in freedmen's schools; they came of age in the 1880s with high expectations of being full-fledged members of New South society. They defined themselves against what they called the "masses" of the black community, and their alliance with their white counterpart helped shape their outlook.

Greenwood argues that concepts of race and class changed significantly in the late nineteenth century. Documenting the rise of interracial social reform movements in the 1880s, she suggests that the black and white "better classes" briefly created an alternative vision of race relations.

But this alliance disintegrated under the pressures of New South politics and the rise of a new generation of leaders, leaving a bittersweet legacy for Charlotte that would weigh heavily on its citizens well into the twentieth century.

Bittersweet Legacy paints a surprisingly complex portrait of race and class relations in the New South and demonstrates the impact of personal relationships, generational shifts, and the interplay of local, state, and national events in shaping the responses of black and white southerners to each other and the world around them.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
318

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Bittersweet Legacy
Bittersweet Legacy: The Black and White "Better Classes" in Charlotte, 1850-1910
February 28, 2001, The University of North Carolina Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Bittersweet Legacy
Bittersweet Legacy: The Black and White 'Better Classes' in Charlotte, 1850-1910
2000, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: Bittersweet legacy
Bittersweet legacy: the Black and white "better classes" in Charlotte, 1850-1910
1994, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: Bittersweet legacy

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-302) and index.

Published in
Chapel Hill

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.6/76041/08622
Library of Congress
F264.C4 G73 1994, F264.C4G73 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 318 p. :
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1421833M
Internet Archive
bittersweetlegac0000gree
ISBN 10
0807821330
LCCN
93032060
OCLC/WorldCat
28709486
Library Thing
549447
Goodreads
1961782

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
July 25, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 14, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 31, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 4, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added subjects from MARC records.
April 28, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Linked existing covers to the work.