Background
Gaston, Paul Morton was born on January 31, 1928 in Fairhope, Alabama, United States. Son of Cornelius Alonzo and Margaret (Nichols) Gaston.
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In Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, historian Paul Gaston relates his grandfather's 1864 founding of the utopian community of Fairhope, Alabama. The twenty-eight "Fairhopers" hoped to realize an "equality of opportunity, the full reward of individual efforts, and the benefits of co-operation in matters of general concern," at a time when the economic system of the United State was ravaged by monopoly capitalism. Using family and public records, Man and Mission gives an intimate view of a vibrant moment in the history of Gilded Age America.
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(During the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspape...)
During the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspaperman, indignant over the excesses of the Gilded Age, led a group of midwesterners to the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, where they established a model community based on the utopian ideals of Henry George. In Women of Fair Hope, Paul M. Gaston follows the dreams and achievements of three extraordinary women -- an early feminist reformer, an educator, and a freed slave -- whose individual desires to create a fairer, more equitable society led them to play important roles in the life of that community.
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Gaston, Paul Morton was born on January 31, 1928 in Fairhope, Alabama, United States. Son of Cornelius Alonzo and Margaret (Nichols) Gaston.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1952. Diploma, University Copenhagen, 1953. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1961.
Visiting lecturer Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1963—1964. Visiting professor University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 1986. Instructor to professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1957—1997.
Retired; professor emeritus of southern and civil rights history University Virginia, since 1997. Corporal United States Army, 1946-1948, Korea.
(During the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspape...)
(In Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the F...)
Director research Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, 1970—1971, executive committee member, 1974—1998, president, 1984—1988. Fellow: Southern Regional Council (life). Member: Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, Southern History Association.
Married Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson. Children: Paul Blaise, Margaret Chinta, Christopher Gareth.