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Black reconstruction : an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880 / by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois

Catalog Data

Author:
Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963  Search this
Physical description:
746 pages ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1935
©1935
1863-1877
19th century
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
Topic:
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
African Americans--Employment--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1063033