Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-361) and index.
1. The Urbanization of Dixie -- 2. The New Order of Things -- 3. Ebb Tide -- 4. New Men -- 5. Patrician and Parvenu -- 6. The Atlanta Spirit -- 7. The Charleston Style -- 8. New Class -- 9. Gentility and Mirth -- 10. The New Paternalism -- 11. Paternalism and Pessimism