A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837–1869 (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book) - Tapa blanda

Green, William D.

 
9780816697304: A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota, 1837–1869 (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book)
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ISBN 10: 0816697302 ISBN 13: 9780816697304
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 2015

Sinopsis

A Peculiar Imbalance is the little-known history of the black experience in Minnesota in the mid-1800s, a time of dramatic change in the region. William D. Green explains how, as white progressive politicians pushed for statehood, black men who had been integrated members of the community, owning businesses and maintaining good relationships with their neighbors, found themselves denied the right to vote or to run for office in those same communities.

As Minnesota was transformed from a wilderness territory to a state, the concepts of race and ethnicity and the distinctions among them made by Anglo-Americans grew more rigid and arbitrary. A black man might enjoy economic success and a middle-class lifestyle but was not considered a citizen under the law. In contrast, an Irish Catholic man was able to vote-as could a mixed-blood Indian-but might find himself struggling to build a business because of the ethnic and religious prejudices of the Anglo-American community. A Peculiar Imbalance examines these disparities, reflecting on the political, social, and legal experiences of black men from 1837 to 1869, the year of black suffrage.

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Acerca del autor

William D. Green is professor of history at Augsburg College. He is the author of Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912 (Minnesota, 2015).

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Editorial
University of Minnesota Press
Año de publicación
2015
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816697302
ISBN 13 
9780816697304
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Número de páginas
232
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