By 1860 the South ranked high among the developed countries of the world in per capita income and life expectancy and in the number of railroad miles; telegraph lines; and institutions of higher learning. Only the major European powers and the North had more cotton and woolen spindles. This book examines the Confederate military's program to govern this prosperous industrial base by a quartermaster system. By commandeering more than half the South's produced goods for the military; the quartermaster general; in a drift toward socialism; appropriated hundreds of mills and controlled the flow of southern factory commodities. The most controversial of the quartermasters general was Colonel Abraham Charles Myers. His iron hand set the controls of southern manufacturing throughout the war. His capable successor; Brigadier General Alexander R. Lawton; conducted the first census of Confederate resources; established the plan of production and distribution; and organized the Bureau of Foreign Supplies in a strategy for importing parts; machinery; goods; and military uniforms. While the Confederacy mobilized its mills for military purposes; the Union systematically planned their destruction. The Union blockade ended the effectiveness of importing goods; and under the Union army's General Order 100 Confederate industry was crushed. The great antebellum manufacturing boom was over. Scarcity and impoverishment in the postbellum South brought manufacturers to the forefront of southern political and ideological leadership. Allied for the cause of southern development were former Confederate generals; newspaper editors; educators; and President Andrew Johnson himself; an investor in a southern cotton mill. Against this postwar mania to rebuild; this book tests old assumptions about southern industrial re-emergence. It discloses; even before the beginnings of Radical Reconstruction; that plans for a New South with an urban; industrialized society had been established on the old foundations and on an ideology asserting that only science; technology; and engineering could restore the region. Within this philosophical mold; Henry Grady; one of the New South's great reformers; led the way for southern manufacturing. By the beginning of the First World War half the nation's spindles lay within the former Confed-eracy; home of a new boom in manufacturing and the land of America's staple crop; cotton.
#1819527 in Books Ingramcontent 2017-03-10Original language:English 9.20 x 1.00 x 6.30l; #File Name: 1574416669352 pagesChanging the Tune The Kansas City Women s Jazz Festival 1978 1985
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Educating; Entertaining and EnlighteningBy Ruth EllenFor jazz musicians and enthusiasts; the names Marian; Mary Lou; Carmen; Betty and Toshiko are well-known and appreciated for their successful careers. But; what about Roz; Mary; Janice; Stacy and Barbara? And the dozens of other females of all ages; all accomplished jazz musicians who have played alongside the best of their male counterpart jazzers; but whose names haven’t always been recognized. The book Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival; 1978-1985; recently published by the University of North Texas Press; is an in-depth and thoroughly entertaining account of not just this particular series of jazz festivals; but of the lives of the women who made it happen. The credit for this remarkable saga is two-fold. Carol Comer and Dianne Gregg; both talented jazz performers; writers; journalists and educators; were the instigators and executors of the monumental feat of bringing an international array of women to perform; teach; learn and enjoy jazz together. And Carolyn Glenn Brewer has written a lively and detailed look into how all this came about; with background descriptions of sometimes harrowing logistics of trying to pull off a festival with multiple venues and literally hundreds of participants; as well as intimate personal recollections from the women involved from the 1930s into the late 20th century. Brewer also takes the time to recount the styles of jazz throughout the decades; how the musicians have evolved with the changing sounds and how the listening audience has continued (or not!) its love affair with jazz.This brilliant book superbly serves as both education and inspiration for all up-and-coming jazz musicians; but in particular for those girls and young women who find themselves irresistibly drawn to the jazz universe.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Though the Festival was a great success; it is clear how difficult it was ...By Helen Iliff MarquetteThis book is loaded with details and behind the scenes vignettes shedding light on each artist's quirks and habits. Leonard Feather's colorful; sublime critiques are saved for each artist; some not receiving such high praise. Though the Festival was a great success; it is clear how difficult it was to organize something of this magnitude. For those of of us locals participating in the Women's Jazz Festival we were given the chance of a lifetime to meet world class musicians in a three day jazz marathon birthed and organized by the super duo of Dianne Gregg and Carol Comer and superbly written by Carolyn Glenn Brewer. What an honor it is for this book;"Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival; 1978-1985" to go into the annals of Jazz History; especially Kansas City Jazz History with women musicians showcased next to men as it should always have been. From the 1st note to the last; jazz shows no gender.--Helen Iliff Marquette0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Kansas City Women’s Jazz FestivalBy homerI was proud to work with the Women’s Jazz Festival for years. They helped promote the Jazz scene and they brought in Jazz musicians and vocalists from all over the world. Kansas City promotes all kinds of live music today and many of the people in this book are still involved. #KC5Stars
