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

Masur, Kate

 
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Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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

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9780807834145: An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.

Edition présentée

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