The reconstruction desegregation debate : the politics of equality and the rhetoric of place, 1870-1875 / / Kirt H. Wilson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996247994203316
• Autore: Wilson Kirt H. <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-60917-113-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 276 p. ) : ill.
• Collana: Rhetoric and public affairs series The Reconstruction desegregation debate; Rhetoric and public affairs series
• Disciplina: 973/.0496073
• Soggetti: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century; African Americans - History - 1863-1877; Segregation - Southern States - History - 19th century; African Americans - History - Civil rights - 19th century - Southern States; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Ethnic & Race Studies; History
• 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 (p. 249-265) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 6: Constitutional Arguments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Reconstruction Constitutional Politics: Setting the Stage for Desegregation -- The 1870s Civil Rights Debate: Two Versions of the Constitution -- The Discursive Structure of Constitutional Meaning -- Chapter 7: The Triumph of Place over Equality -- The Reconstruction of America's Political Culture -- The Triumph of the Rhetoric of Place -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index; Sumner's Politics of Equality -- Chapter 4: Black Equality and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- The First Voice: White Supremacy and Black Inferiority -- The Second Voice: The Rhetoric of Black Equality -- The ; Third Voice: The Moderate Democrats' Rhetoric of Place -- Chapter 5: Expediency Arguments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 -- Deliberative Rhetoric and the Issue of Expediency -- A Question of Need: Definitions of the Situation -- Evaluating the Bill's Consequences -- The Substantial Patterns of Place versus the Formal Patterns of Equality; Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Symbolic Meaning of Segregation -- Segregation before the Reconstruction Era -- Reconstruction: The Politics of Equality and the Rhetoric of Place -- Chapter 2: The Legislative History fo the 1875 Civil Rights Act -- The Origins of National Desegregation -- The Congressional Debates of 1874 -- The Fall Election of 1874 -- The Congressional Debates of 1875 -- The Civil Rights Act in the Post-Reconstruction Era -- Chapter 3: The Politics of Equality in Charles Sumner's Prophetic Vision -- The Tumultuous Career of Charles Sumner