Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

by Du Bois, W. E. B.; Lewis, David Levering

• ISBN13: 9780684856575
• ISBN10: 0684856573
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
The Black Worker	3	(14)
The White Worker	17	(15)
The Planter	32	(23)
The General Strike	55	(29)
The Coming of the Lord	84	(44)
Looking Backward	128	(54)
Looking Forward	182	(55)
The Transubstantiation of a Poor White	237	(88)
The Price of Disaster	325	(56)
The Black Proletariat in South Carolina	381	(50)
The Black Proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana	431	(56)
The White Proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida	487	(39)
The Duel for Labor Control on Border and Frontier	526	(54)
Counter-Revolution of Property	580	(57)
Founding the Public School	637	(33)
Back Toward Slavery	670	(41)
The Propaganda of History	711	(20)
Bibliography	731	(8)
Index	739