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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782426703321

Titolo

Reconstruction : people and perspectives / / James M. Campbell and Rebecca Fraser, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2008

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, Inc., , 2008

ISBN

1-282-02521-X

9786612025211

1-59884-022-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxix, 279 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Perspectives in American social history

Disciplina

973.8

Soggetti

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Social aspects

Reconciliation - Social aspects - United States - History

African Americans - Social conditions - 19th century

Women - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Indians of North America - Social conditions - 19th century

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

Southern States Social conditions 1865-1945

United States Race relations History 19th century

Southern States Race relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; About the Editors and Contributors; Chronology; 1 The Meaning of Freedom for African American Men; 2 White Women in Reconstruction; 3 African Americans in Southern Cities; 4 Northerners in the Reconstruction South; 5 American Indian Issues during Reconstruction; 6 Former Slaveholders and the Planter Class; 7 Black Women Work and Freedom; 8 Former Confederate and Union Soldiers in Reconstruction; Primary Documents; Reference; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This entry in the Perspectives in Social History series examines the course and consequences of Reconstruction on the former Confederate states by focusing on the everyday people who lived through it.