Race, Class and Power in the Building of Richmond, 1870-1920

by Steven J. Hoffman

Using post-Civil War Richmond, Virginia, as a case study, Hoffman explores the role of race and class in the city building process from 1870 to 1920. Richmond's railroad connections enabled the city to participate in the commercial expansion that accompanied the rise of the New South. A highly compact city of mixed residential, industrial and commercial space at the end of the Civil War, Richmond remained a classic example of what historians call...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786416165
• ISBN13: 9780786416165
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher