The Death of Reconstruction : : Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901 / / Heather Cox Richardson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Richardson, Heather Cox,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The View from Atlanta, 1895 -- 1. The Northern Postwar Vision, 1865-1867 -- 2. The Mixed Blessing of Universal Suffrage, 1867-1870 -- 3. Black Workers and the South Carolina Government, 1871-1875 -- 4. Civil Rights and the Growth of the National Government, 1870-1883 -- 5. The Black Exodus from the South, 1879-1880 -- 6. The Un-American Negro, 1880-1900 -- Epilogue: Booker T. Washington Rises Up from Slavery, 1901 -- Notes -- Index