Turning a New Leaf: How the New South Creed Outlined Expansion in Southwest Virginia
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Start Date
20-4-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
20-4-2017 11:00 AM
Keywords
Southern Economic Development
Biography
I am a History major here at Marshall University who is graduating in May.
Major
History
Advisor for this project
Dr. David Mills
Abstract
During the Postwar Reconstruction Period from 1865-1877 efforts were made to rebuild the South physically, governmentally, and economically. These efforts attempted to answer the question of recovery within the South but they did not address what the "new" South would be. During the 1880's a group of Southern visionaries developed the New South Creed as a way of revolutionizing the South. Although the Creed failed on the United States as a whole it was crucial to the development of Southwest Virginia.
Turning a New Leaf: How the New South Creed Outlined Expansion in Southwest Virginia
During the Postwar Reconstruction Period from 1865-1877 efforts were made to rebuild the South physically, governmentally, and economically. These efforts attempted to answer the question of recovery within the South but they did not address what the "new" South would be. During the 1880's a group of Southern visionaries developed the New South Creed as a way of revolutionizing the South. Although the Creed failed on the United States as a whole it was crucial to the development of Southwest Virginia.
