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| | H-SHGAPE Book Reviews: Gates, The Model City of the New South: Anniston, Alabama, 1872-1900 |
 | | Gates corrects this oversight, by providing a detailed examination of Anniston's industrial and social development, from the town's founding in 1872 through 1900, one of its greatest periods of economic and population growth. |
 | | Although Gates sometimes relies too extensively on newspaper accounts, particularly in her examination of Anniston's fl community, she effectively weaves together the social, political, and economic aspects of how and why a strong sense of community developed in the town. |
 | | Gates also provides a wealth of detail, some of it more important, such as the changing occupations of the towns-people between 1888 and 1900, than others, like the cost of electricity when lights were installed in the town. |
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