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Author:

Richardson, Heather Cox.

Title:

The death of Reconstruction : race, labor, and politics in the post-Civil War North, 1865-1901 / Heather Cox Richardson.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press pbk ed.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004, c2001

Description:

xvi, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--19th century.
Reconstruction--Public opinion.
Freedmen--Southern States--Public opinion.
African Americans--Public opinion.--Public opinion.
Public opinion--Northeastern States.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
Working class--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
Northeastern States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-302) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: the view from Atlanta, 1895 -- The Northern postwar vision, 1865-1867 -- The mixed blessing of universal suffrage, 1867-1870 -- Black workers and the South Carolina government, 1871-1875 -- Civil rights and the growth of the national government, 1870-1883 -- The Black exodus from the South, 1879-1880 -- The un-American Negro, 1880-1900 -- Epilogue: Booker T. Washington rises Up from slavery, 1901.

ISBN:

9780674013667
0674013662

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54830051

Locations:

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)