Engines of Redemption: Railroads and the Reconstruction of Capitalism in the New South Huffard R. Scott
Engines of Redemption: Railroads and the Reconstruction of Capitalism in the New South Huffard R. Scott After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the plantation economy of the…
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Engines of Redemption: Railroads and the Reconstruction of Capitalism in the New South Huffard R. Scott
After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Scott Huffard Jr. Examining the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern railroad network, R.
The railroad was more than just an economic engine of growth; it was a powerful symbol of capitalism's advance.However, as the railroad spread across the region, it also introduced new dangers and anxieties. demonstrates how economic and political elites used the symbolic power of the railroad to proclaim a New South had risen. White southerners came to fear the railroad would speed an upending of the racial order, epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent robberies, and domination by corporate monopolies.
To complete the reconstruction of capitalism, railroad