| An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. Contributor(s): Masur, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807872660 ISBN-13: 9780807872666 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative story of how black men's right to vote transformed local affairs, and how, in short order, city reformers made that right virtually meaningless. Bringing the question of equality to the forefront of Reconstruction scholarship, this widely praised study explores how concerns about public and private space, civilization, and dependency informed the period's debate over rights and citizenship. |
Contributor Bio(s): Masur, Kate: - Kate Masur is assistant professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern University. |