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Author:

Fitzgerald, Michael W., 1956-

Title:

Urban emancipation : popular politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860-1890 / Michael W. Fitzgerald.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xvi, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Republican Party (Ala.)--History--19th century.
Republican Party (Ala.)--History--19th century.
African Americans--Mobile--Mobile--Politics and government--19th century.
Reconstruction--Mobile.--Mobile.
African American leadership--Mobile--Mobile--History--19th century.
African American politicians--Mobile--Mobile--History--19th century.
Mobile (Ala.)--Race relations.
Mobile (Ala.)--Politics and government--19th century.
Mobile (Ala.)--Race relations.
Mobile (Ala.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index.

Contents:

An influx of "ignorant country darkies" : war and emancipation in Mobile -- None but colored men : the Mobile Nationalist and the dilemmas of interracial activism -- The most influential people : suffrage, class, and factionalism -- The fruits of sagacity : race, business, and the radical ascendancy -- The mainspring of it all : the racial politics of federal employment -- Let us serve the rich : black politics in an era of diminishing prospects.

ISBN:

9780807128374 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807128376 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807128077 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807128074 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50155684

LCCN:

2002009885

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)