Author : Rand Dotson
Release : 2007
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 929/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912 by : Rand Dotson
Download or read book Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912 written by Rand Dotson. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It then describes how that venture initially paid off, as the influx of thousands of people from the North and the surrounding Virginia countryside helped make Roanoke - presumptuously christened the "Magic City" by New South proponents - the state's third-largest city by the turn of the century. Rand Dotson recounts what life was like for Roanoke's wealthy elites, working poor, and African American inhabitants. He also explores the social conflicts that ultimately erupted as a result of well-intended 3reforms4 initiated by city leaders. Dotson illustrates how residents mediated the catastrophic Depression of 1893 and that year's infamous Roanoke Riot, which exposed the faȧde masking the city's racial tensions, inadequate physical infrastructure, and provincial mentality of the local populace. Dotson then details the subsequent attempts of business boosters and progressive reformers to attract the additional investments needed to put their city back on track.