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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827214903321

Autore

Hornsby Alton, Jr.

Titolo

African Americans in the post-emancipation South : the outsiders' view / / Alton Hornsby, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-7618-5106-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

305.896073075

Soggetti

African Americans - Southern States - History - 19th century

African Americans - Southern States - History - 20th century

African Americans - History - 1863-1877

African Americans - History - 1877-1964

Southern States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Appearances; Chapter Two; The Opportunity to Earn a Dollar; Chapter Three; Pray, Shout and Sing; Chapter Four; Pedagogs and Pupils; Chapter Five; "In All Things Social"; Chapter Six; Manners and Morals; Chapter Seven; Political Participation; Epilogue; Bibliography; About The Author

Sommario/riassunto

This study uses these first-hand accounts to attain glimpses of African American life in the post-emancipation South, incorporating a broad cross-section of the views of European travelers and Euro-American visitors, based upon travel books as well as articles and essays from periodicals and scholarly journals.