Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

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Simon and Schuster, 1998 - History - 746 pages
The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time.

This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.

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Contents

THE BLACK WORKER
3
THE WHITE WORKER
17
THE PLANTER
32
THE GENERAL STRIKE
55
THE COMING OF THE LORD
84
LOOKING BACKWARD
128
LOOKING FORWARD
182
THE TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF A POOR WHITE
237
THE BLACK PROLETARIAT IN MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
431
THE WHITE PROLETARIAT IN ALABAMA GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
487
THE DUEL FOR LABOR CONTROL ON BORDER AND FRONTIER
526
COUNTERREVOLUTION OF PROPERTY
580
FOUNDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
637
BACK TOWARD SLAVERY
670
THE PROPAGANDA OF HISTORY
711
BIBLIOGRAPHY
731

THE PRICE OF DISASTER
325
THE BLACK PROLETARIAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
381

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About the author (1998)

William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.