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Author Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, author.

Title Black reconstruction in America / W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by David Levering Lewis.

Publication Info. New York : The Free Press, [1998]
©1935

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.8 DUB    DUE 05-02-24
Edition First Free Press edition.
Description xvii, 746 pages ; 21 cm
Note Originally published under title: Black reconstruction. New York : Harcourt, Brace, ©1935.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-737) and index.
Summary Presents the pioneering work in the study of the role of African Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential black intellectual of his time.
Contents The black worker -- The white worker -- The planter -- The general strike -- The coming of the Lord -- Looking backward -- Looking forward -- The transubstantiation of a poor white -- The price of disaster -- The black proletariat in South Carolina -- The black proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana -- The white proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida -- The duel for labor control on border and frontier -- Counter-revolution of property -- Founding the public school -- Back toward slavery -- The propaganda of history.
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) (OCoLC)fst01754987
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
African Americans -- Employment. (OCoLC)fst00799610
African Americans -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00799659
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Lewis, David Levering, 1936- writer of introduction.
Added Title Black reconstruction
Other Form: Online version: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Black reconstruction. Black reconstruction in America (OCoLC)1197937764
ISBN 9780684856575 (paperback)
0684856573 (paperback)
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