An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. - Tapa blanda

Masur, Kate

 
9780807872666: An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.
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ISBN 10: 0807872660 ISBN 13: 9780807872666
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012

Sinopsis

An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative story of how black men's right to vote transformed local affairs, and how, in short order, city reformers made that right virtually meaningless. Bringing the question of equality to the forefront of Reconstruction scholarship, this widely praised study explores how concerns about public and private space, civilization, and dependency informed the period's debate over rights and citizenship.

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Acerca del autor

Kate Masur is assistant professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern University.

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Masur offers the first major study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years. Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over equality.

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Masur offers the first major study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years. Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over equality.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807872660
ISBN 13 
9780807872666
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
376
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9780807834145: An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C.

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ISBN 10:  0807834149 ISBN 13:  9780807834145
Editorial: The University of North Carolina..., 2010
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