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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826151403321

Autore

Williamson Joel

Titolo

The crucible of race : black/white relations in the American South since emancipation / / Joel Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1984

ISBN

1-280-52294-1

0-19-802049-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (582 pages)

Disciplina

305.8/96073/075

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States

African Americans - Southern States - History

Southern States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I. The Genesis of the Organic Society; II. Black Life in the South, 1865-1915; III. The Conservative Restoration and the Liberal Revolt; IV. The Rise of the Radicals; V. Thomas Dixon and The Leopard's Spots; VI. In Violence Veritas; VII. Depoliticalization and the Separation of the Races; VIII. The Conservative Response to Radicalism; IX. The Crucible of Race; X. The North and the Negro in the South; XI. Northern Republicans and Southern Race Relations, 1895-1912; XII. Radical Swan Song: Radicalism and Conservatism in Washington under Woodrow Wilson

XIII. The Souls of Black Folk; XIV. White Soul; XV. Legacy: Race Relations in the Twentieth-Century South; Conclusion; The Great Changeover: An Interpretation of White Culture and Race Relations in the American South; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""Black/White Relations in the American South since Emancipation"". Winner of the Parkman Prize of The Society of American Historians.