Reconstructing democracy: grassroots black politics in the deep south after the civil war
Auteur :
Behrend, Justin
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820340333
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Within a few short years after emancipation, freedpeople of the Natchez District created a new democracy in the Reconstruction era, replacing the oligarchic rule of slaveholders and Confederates with a grassroots democracy that transformed the South after the Civil War.