Background
Escott, Paul David was born on July 31, 1947 in St. Louis. Son of William Edwin and Fannie Mae (Espy) Escott.
(This diary offers a personal look into the world of Basil...)
This diary offers a personal look into the world of Basil Armstrong Thomasson, a non-slaveholding, small farmer in the Old South of America. The writings caution us against making any strong cultural connections between yeomanry and stereotypes of the belligerent planter or the poor white.
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( The secession of the southern states from the Union was...)
The secession of the southern states from the Union was not merely a culmination of certain events; it was also the beginning of the trial of Confederate nationalism. The slaveholding elite which had led the South out of the Union now had to solidify its support among the nonslaveholding small farmers, a class that constituted the bulk of the white population. But Jefferson Davis and the new government were greatly hampered in their bid for widespread public support, partially because of the same force that had resulted in secession -- the strong states' rights predisposition of many southerners and their opposition to a strong central government -- and partially because of the great social and economic gap that separated the governed from the governors. In After Secession Paul Escott focuses on the challenge that the South's widespread political ideals presented to Jefferson Davis and on the way growing class resentments among citizens in the countryside affected the war effort. New material is included on Jefferson Davis and his policies, and interesting new interpretations of the Confederate government's crucial problems of decision making and failure to respond to the common people are offered. The result is both a fresh look at the pivotal role that strong leadership plays in the establishment of a new nation and a revealing study of how Jefferson Davis' frustrations increasingly affected the quality of his presidency.
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Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers' Project. Paul Escott's sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2,400 narratives and his quantitative analysis of the narratives as a whole eloquently present the differing beliefs and experiences of masters and slaves. The book describes slave attitudes and actions; slave-master relationships; the conditions of slave life, including diet, physical treatment, working conditions, housing, forms of resistance, and black overseers; slave cultural institutions; status distinctions among slaves; experiences during the Civil War and Reconstruction; and the subsequent life histories of the former slaves. An important contribution to the study of American slavery, Slavery Remembered is an ideal classroom text for American history surveys as well as more specialized courses.
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(Many Excellent People examines the nature of North Caroli...)
Many Excellent People examines the nature of North Carolina's social system, particularly race and class relations, power, and inequality, during the last half of the nineteenth century. Paul Escott portrays North Carolina's major social groups, focusing on the elite, the ordinary white farmers or workers, and the blacks, and analyzes their attitudes, social structure, and power relationships. Quoting frequently from a remarkable array of letters, journals, diaries, and other primary sources, he shows vividly the impact of the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Populism, and the rise of the New South industrialism on southern society. Working within the new social history and using detailed analyses of five representative counties, wartime violence, Ku Klux Klan membership, stock-law legislation, and textile mill records, Escott reaches telling conclusions on the interplay of race, class, and politics. Despite fundamental political and economic reforms, Escott argues, North Carolina's social system remained as hierarchical and undemocratic in 1900 as it had been in 1850.
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Escott, Paul David was born on July 31, 1947 in St. Louis. Son of William Edwin and Fannie Mae (Espy) Escott.
Bachelor cum laude, Harvard College, 1969. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1974.
Assistant professor of history to professor of history, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1974-1987; Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History, U. North Carolina, Charlotte Charles N. Stone Professor American History, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1987-1988; professor of history, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1988; Reynolds Professor of History, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1990; dean of college, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1995.
(Many Excellent People examines the nature of North Caroli...)
( The secession of the southern states from the Union was...)
(This diary offers a personal look into the world of Basil...)
(Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze ...)
(Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze ...)
(Later printing,)
Member Southern History Association, History Society North Carolina.
Married Durant Griswold Williams, October 12, 1968 (wid. September 1987); children: Lauren Elizabeth, David Wright. Married Miriam Grace Mitchell, June 11, 1988.