Bibliograph

Black reconstruction in America, W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by David Levering Lewis

Type

Label

Black reconstruction in America, W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by David Levering Lewis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-737) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black reconstruction in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45289935

Responsibility statement

W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by David Levering Lewis

Summary

Presents the pioneering work in the study of the role of African Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential black intellectual of his time

Table Of Contents

The black worker -- The white worker -- The planter -- The general strike -- The coming of the Lord -- Looking backward -- Looking forward -- The transubstantiation of a poor white -- The price of disaster -- The black proletariat in South Carolina -- The black proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana -- The white proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida -- The duel for labor control on border and frontier -- Counter-revolution of property -- Founding the public school -- Back toward slavery -- The propaganda of history

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