African Americans in the Reconstruction Era

by Gao,Chungchan

• ISBN13: 9780815335962
• ISBN10: 0815335962
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This ethnographic study explores the status of African Americans during the Reconstruction era, examining the particularities of such topics as race relations, social systems, legal systems, and economic and political status. Rather than dealing with the status of African Americans as an isolated human rights issue, Gao examines the African American role in American society in the context of American society, particularly paying attention to the intellectual roots of the belief system of white and black Americans during the Reconstruction.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
The Origins of Discrimination against African Americans	1	(58)
Issues Affecting African Americans and African American Reconstruction	59	(60)
Issues Affecting African Americans and White Reconstruction	119	(50)
African American Issues and Congressional Reconstruction	169	(50)
The Withering of the New Democracy	219	(44)
The Heritage of Reconstruction	263	(30)
Conclusion	293	(10)
Bibliography	303	(6)
Index	309