Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-295) and index.
Contents
"Answering bells is played out": slavery and the Civil War -- Reconstruction and the meanings of freedom -- Working-class neighborhoods and everyday life -- "Washing amazons" and organized protests -- The "color line" gives way to the "color wall" -- Survival and social welfare in the age of Jim Crow -- "Wholesome" and "hurtful" amusements -- "Dancing and carousing the night away" -- Tuberculosis as the "Negro servants' disease" -- "Looking for a free state to live in".
