Two paths to the new South the Virginia debt controversy, 1870-1883 / James Tice Moore.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Y; List of Maps; Preface; 1 Doctor Bagby's Virginia; 2 The Collapse of the Conservative Regime, 1869-1879; 3 The Funders: Men against Their 'Time; 4 A Confusion of Voices: Sections, Races, and Readjusters; 5 The Crisis of Confidence: Readjuster Leaders, 1877-1880; 6 The Struggle for Coalition: Readjusters and Republicans, 1880-1881; 7 The Readjusters in Power: Ideology and Action, 1879-1883; 8 Mahoneism: The Collapse of the Readjuster Coalition; 9 Rebuilding a Majority: The Democratic Evolution, 1881-1883; 10 Epilogue: Reflections on Economic Growth Maps.

Appendix A: Biographical Information on Prominent Funders, 1879-1883Appendix B: Occupational Background of Prominent Funders (Democrats); Appendix C: Biographical Information on Prominent Readjusters (Coalitionists), 1879-1883; Appendix D: Occupational Background of Prominent Readjusters (Coalitionists); Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

In the grim decades after the Civil War, Southerners dreamed of industrial growth and agricultural diversification. In this study, Mr. Moore traces the development and changes that took place in the Old Dominion during these troubled postbellum years. The state's massive debt burden touched off an upheaval, splintering the electorate into competing Funder and Readjuster factions. The Funders, composed largely of the conservative farmers of eastern Virginia and the commercial classes of the towns, were committed to pay off Virginia's prewar debt in full. The Readjusters, drawing their support ...

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