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Washington during Civil War and Reconstruction : Race and Radicalism.

Provides new insight into grassroots reconstruction after the Civil War, and into the lives of the newly emancipated African Americans.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Introduction; A "Western Palmyra"; A Southern City; A Model City; The Capital and the Union; 2 Wartime Washington; Introduction; The Question of Loyalty; The Capital of the Union; "An Asylum for Free Negroes"; Contraband Labor; The "Contraband System"; Freedmens Aid; Conclusion; 3 The Freedmens Bureau in the District of Columbia; Introduction; The Work of the Bureau; Sanitation and Housing; The Problem of Relief; "A Vast Labor Bureau"; The Bureau as an Urban Welfare Agency; 4 Congressional Reconstruction in the District of Columbia.
  • An "Experimental Garden for the Propagation of Political Hybrids""The First Practical Triumph of Freedom"; Eradicating the Traces of Slavery; "A Pillar of Fire to Illumine the Footsteps of Millions": Black Suffrage; The Inauguration of Biracial Education; The Troublesome Question of Mixed Schools; A Partial Reconstruction; 5 Reconstructing the City Government; Introduction; The Mayoralty of Richard Wallach: Washingtons Ancien Régime; The Rise of the Republican Party; The Election of Sayles J. Bowen; Improvements; The Reform Republicans; Conclusion; 6 Race, Radicalism, and Reconstruction.
  • IntroductionBlack Voting; The Style of Grassroots Republican Politics; Taking It to the Streets; "The Great Want Is Work"; "To Become a People"; 7 A City and a State; "A Badly Governed City"; Congress as a City Council; The Charities of the District; The District Board of Health; The "Great Ditch": The Washington Canal; Washington and the B. & O. Monopoly; A City and a State; 8 From Biracial Democracy to Direct Rule; "Worthy of the Nation"; Reform of the Municipal Government; The Origins of the Territory; The Meteoric Career of the Board of Public Works; The Imposition of Direct Rule.
  • Reasons for the End of Representative Government9 Reconstruction in the Nations Capital; "The Capital of the Whole Nation"; Reconstruction in the District of Columbia; "The Paradise of Free Negroes"?; Congress and the District; Index.