The Politics of Race in New York : : The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era / / Phyllis F. Field.
Black suffrage was a crucial and volatile issue in the North during the Civil War era. In The Politics of Race in New York, Phyllis F. Field studies the development of racial policies in the Empire State. Asserting that it is not possible to understand the move toward black suffrage by examining nat...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 p.) :; 8 maps, 45 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- MAPS AND TABLES
- 1. The Tradition of Discrimination
- 2. Equal Rights and the Second Party System
- 3. Partisan Realignment and the Revival of Equal Suffrage
- 4. Black Suffrage and the Electorate, 186o
- 5. War, Reconstruction, and the Politics of Race
- 6. The Popular Verdict on Equal Suffrage, 1869
- Conclusion: Race and Party Politics
- APPENDIXES
- Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index