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The Retreats of Reconstruction : Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865-1920 /

This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldberg, David E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780823272754