PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT SOUTH; A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN OF THE EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Published by New York, London, et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909.

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Probable Longmans, Green first printing (per publisher's copyright transfer statement upon title leaf verso; first published by The Macmillan Company in March 1904). xii, 335 pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Blue cloth; some light mottling to boards; spine's gilt stamping remains bright; a few nicks and scuffs to cloth at edges. Gilt top edge; toning to deckle fore-edge and bottom edge; some toning to endpapers; some occasional spots of light foxing and soiling to interior leaves. Laid-in between pages 96-97 is envelope and brief missive to past owner from Professor Henry Beach Carre on Biblical Department, Vanderbilt University stationery dated for June 1915; laid-in between pages 240-241 is folded four page publisher's brochure regarding Edgar Murphy's "The Basis of Ascendancy" and "The Present South." Binding is firm. A very good copy. With Preface and appendices. Features eight chapters titled as: "The Old in the New," "Te Schools of the People," "A Constructive Statesmanship," "The Industrial Revival and Child Labor,": "Child Labor and the Industrial South," "The South and the Negro," "A Narrative of Cooperation," and "Culture and Democracy." An 1899 graduate of the University of the South, Edgar Gardner Murphy served as an Episcopal Church priest for twelve years switching to educational and social work after 1903 eventually achieving executive positions and/or organizing the Southern Education Board, Conference for Education in the South, Southern Society for Consideration of Race Problems and Conditions in the South, and the National Child Labor Committee. {AmHistShelf-#2}.…

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Title
PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT SOUTH; A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN OF THE EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Author
Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913.
Publisher
New York, London, et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909.
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
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Edition
1st Edition
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David Hallinan, Bookseller

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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

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