The literature of Reconstruction : not in plain black and white /

"In this groundbreaking new study, author Brook Thomas argues that literary analysis can enhance our historical understanding of race and Reconstruction. The standard view that Reconstruction ended with the Compromise of 1877 is a retrospective construction. Works of literature provide the pers...

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Auteur principal: Thomas, Brook, 1947- (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
©2017.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Not in Plain Black and White
  • 1. Reconciliation and Reunion: Clasping Hands over the Bloody Chasm
  • 2. Federalism: Thinking Nationally, Acting Locally
  • 3. The Ku Klux Klan: The Necessity of Extreme Measures
  • 4. Of Mules and Men: African American Manhood and the Paradox of Paternalism
  • 5. Ruiz de Burton and Railroads: The Westward Course of Reconstruction
  • 6. Working with the Heritage of the Old South
  • 7. Inheriting a Shadow and a Dream.