A Saga of the New South by Brent Tarter
In the lead-up to the Civil War, Virginia amassed a large public debt while striving to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate economic development. A Saga of the New South delves into the largely untold story of the decades-long postwar controversies over the repayment of that debt. The result is a major reinterpretation of late-nineteenth-century Virginia political history.
A Saga of the New South is a remarkable piece of highly original scholarship on a hugely important topic in Virginia historyBrent Tarter's treatment—thorough yet provocative, a vintage Tarter production—goes far to explain the ferocious struggle and historical discontinuity of late-nineteenth-century Virginia politics, a struggle that reverberated from Reconstruction down through the years of Harry F. Byrd to Massive Resistance.–Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Tech, author of Cradle of America: A History of Virginia.
Brent Tarter is a founding editor of the Library of Virginia’s Dictionary of Virginia Biography and the author of Daydreams and Nightmares: A Virginia Family Faces Secession and War (Virginia).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813938776 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813938775 |
| Title | A Saga of the New South |
| Author | Brent Tarter |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Year published | 2016-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
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