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The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition
The Promise of the New South Life After Reconstruction 15th Anniversary Edition
Author: Edward L. Ayers
At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching. In this story, with its blend of new technol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195326888
ISBN-10: 0195326881
Publication Date: 9/7/2007
Pages: 592
Edition: 15th anniversary
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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