: Heather Cox RICHARDSON
: Death of Reconstruction race, labor, and politics in the post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
: Harvard University Press
: 9780674042698
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: CHF 27.80
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: Sonstiges
: English
Historians overwhelmingly have blamed the demise of Reconstruction on Southerners' persistent racism. Richardson argues instead that class, along with race, was critical to Reconstruction's end. She reveals a growing backlash from Northerners against those who believed that inequalities should be addressed through working-class action, and the emergence of an American middle class that championed individual productivity and saw African-Americans as a threat to their prosperity.