Author : Carl H. Moneyhon
Release : 1997
Genre : Arkansas
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 288/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929 by : Carl H. Moneyhon
Download or read book Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929 written by Carl H. Moneyhon. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929 Carl Moneyhon examines the struggle of Arkansas's people to enter the economic and social mainstreams of the nation in the years from the end of Reconstruction to the beginning of the Great Depression. Economic changes brought about by development of the timber industry, exploitation of the rich coal fields in the western part of the state, discovery of petroleum, and building of manufacturing industries transformed social institutions and fostered a demographic shift from rural to urban settings.