Memphis

by Bond, Beverly G.

• ISBN13: 9780738524412
• ISBN10: 0738524417
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub

Summary

With a reputation as wide open as the waters of the Mississippi flowing past its bustling downtown district, Memphis is a city of contrasts and contradictions. From the darkness of epidemics and racial tension to its beacons of music and entreprenurial success, Memphis is a reflection of the true American experience. For many years it was a community functioning almost as two separate societies, yet the ties between the two create one resolute and dynamic city as it begins this new century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(87)
1. At the Fourth Bluff	9	(6)
2. Three Flags at the Fourth Bluff	15	(11)
3. The Early Years	26	(10)
4. Boom Times on the Bluff	36	(13)
5. The Civil War City	49	(12)
6. Yellow Fever and the Taxing District	61	(5)
7. The Mistress of the Valley	66	(8)
8. The Gilded Age of Memphis	74	(11)
9. On the Road to Reform	85	(9)
10. Growing Pains	94	(12)
11. Depression and a New Deal	106	(12)
12. The Second World War and the Fabulous Fifties	118	(15)
13. The Struggle for Power	133	(10)
14. Renaissance	143	(9)
Endnotes	152	(2)
Bibliography	154	(4)
Index	158