Southside : Eufaula's cotton mill village and its people, 1890-1945

Alsobrook, David Ernest, 1946- (author.). Mercer University Press, (issuing body.).

Summary:

Southside relates the stories of the cotton mill workers and their families who lived and worked in Eufaula, Alabama, a small town on the Chattahoochee River, from the 1890s through 1945. The book also provides an in-depth historical examination of Eufaula's race relations, racial violence, and the impact of the Civil War and the Myth of the Lost Cause on the town's future evolution.

Record details

ISBN: 9780881466089
ISBN: 0881466085
Physical Description: 221 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2017.
Copyright: �2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Author's note: "Miss Oma" -- Prologue: "The man with his backside to Southside" -- Confluence: history, myth, and memory in Eufaula -- "Phoenix" rising on the Chattahoochee: Eufaula's rebirth as a cotton mill town -- Like threads in a skein: Southside's families and friends -- "Mr. Donald" and his mill workers -- Bands, kindergarten, and baseball: the creation and evolution of Eufaula's Cowikee Community House -- The walls come down: the Great Depression and World War II -- Epilogue: images of Southside.