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DESCRIPTION:Iron Confederacies uses the history of southern railways to exp
 lore linkages among the themes of states' rights\, racial violence\, labor
  strife\, and big business in the nineteenth-century South.
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SUMMARY:Civil War Lecture-Scott Nelson on Jan 28\, 2015
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CATEGORIES:Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town
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 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=10072\n\nScott Reynolds Nelson 
 is Legum Professor of History at the College of William and Mary.  He is t
 he prizewinning author of five books on nineteenth-century American histor
 y.  The New York Times has most recently called him a "fascinating guide t
 o the grim landscape of Reconstruction."  His first book\, Iron Confederac
 ies\, explored the birth of the first modern corporation - the Southern Ra
 ilway - and its outsized influence in cementing the inequalities of the mo
 dern South. \n\nAccording to the UNC Press: Iron Confederacies uses the hi
 story of southern railways to explore linkages among the themes of states'
  rights\, racial violence\, labor strife\, and big business in the ninetee
 nth-century South.  By 1868\, Ku Klux Klan leaders had begun mobilizing wh
 ite resentment against rapid economic change by asserting that railroad co
 nsolidation led to political corruption and black economic success.  As Ne
 lson notes\, some of the Klan's most violent activity was concentrated alo
 ng the Richmond-Atlanta rail corridor.  But conflicts over railroads were 
 eventually resolved\, he argues\, in agreements between northern railroad 
 barons and Klan leaders that allowed white terrorism against black voters 
 while surrendering states' control over the southern economy.\n\nLocation:
  Lyceum\nContact Phone: 703.746.4994\nFees: Admission is $5\, or attend al
 l 4 lectures in the series for $17\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lyc
 eum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&s
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SUMMARY:Civil War Lecture-Scott Nelson
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