Intimate Reconstructions : Children in Postemancipation Virginia /

"This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Catherine A., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Freed persons.
Children, White.
Children > Social conditions.
Children.
African American children.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Affranchis > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Aspect social > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Enfants blancs > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Enfants noirs americains > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Enfants > Virginie > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Freed persons > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > Social aspects > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Children, White > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African American children > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Children > Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Children > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Enfants.
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Children.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Persistence of Insecurity : Children in the Transition from War to Peace
  • Recovering Freed Children and Recuperating Kinship
  • White Children and the Intimate Landscape of Defeat
  • Public Children : Contemptible Garrotters, Pitiable Orphans, and Pliable Workers
  • Creating Confederate Orphans : Reconstructing History, Race, and Duty
  • Children, Schools, and the Post-Reconstruction Future of the Public.

Similar Items