By Kate Masur
ISBN-10: 0807872660
ISBN-13: 9780807872666
An instance for all of the Land unearths Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social coverage within the period of emancipation and the Civil warfare. during this panoramic research, Kate Masur offers a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative tale of ways black men's correct to vote reworked neighborhood affairs, and the way, briefly order, urban reformers made that correct almost meaningless. Bringing the query of equality to the leading edge of Reconstruction scholarship, this extensively praised research explores how issues approximately private and non-private area, civilization, and dependency proficient the period's debate over rights and citizenship.
Reviews:
"Masur's dependent, nuanced research . . . is either an excellent social and political heritage of the nation's capital in this the most important interval and an important contribution to the scholarship of race and Reconstruction. . . . wealthy, well-researched, and well-conceived. . . . a cosmopolitan and interesting remedy deserving of a large viewers. hugely recommended."--Choice
"Kate Masur's unique and largely ramifying research of post-emancipation struggles over equality in Washington, D.C. . . . [is] strong indeed."--American ancient Review
"[A] deeply researched, fantastically written narrative. . . . A must-read e-book, not just for these attracted to the emancipation and Reconstruction yet for a person drawn to the lengthy, advanced, and contentious tale of equality within the United States."--Civil warfare History
"In all, Masur units a brand new typical in Reconstruction historiography. In a gorgeous fulfillment, she has unearthed a misplaced democratic legacy that was once formerly unknown--and offered it poignantly and provocatively."--Journal of yankee History
"A sturdy starting place for a comparative evaluate of urban-based emancipation politics. . . . [This ebook] illuminates how Washington, D.C., supplied very important precedents for either expansive and constrained perspectives of emancipation and the rights of black people."-
"[An] very good book"--Washington History
"An instance of the kind of first-class scholarship that bridges the putative divide among elite judgements and renowned struggles, whereas attending to the guts of thorny questions about equivalent rights in the course of a tumultuous time our nation's history."--Journal
"[Masur's] ebook highlights how the District's direct dating with a Republican-dominated Congress will help us examine the intentions and the bounds of the GOP's dedication to racial equality."--Journal of the North Carolina organization of Historians
"Masur positions her paintings on the intersection of political and social background. . . [and] rigorously reconstructs the interaction among nationwide and native forces, among the final and the explicit. . . . A compelling paintings that may function a version for s
"A research useful of the topic. Deeply researched and compellingly argued, Masur's publication presents new perception. "--Journal of the Civil warfare Era
"I hugely suggest this booklet simply because Masur presents us a perfectly well-documented and engaging historical past of [Washington D.C.] with classes for today….An very important book….[and] a worthwhile one who will optimistically evoke public debate and i