Iron Confederacies: Southern Railways, Klan Violence, and Reconstruction
"A significant and welcome contribution that will stimulate years of important discussion on the nature of Reconstruction." --American Historical Review"An outstanding work in social history. . . . Nelson writes in a simple and lively style." --Southern Historian"The story is captivatingly written, briskly paced, and contains a wealth of detail." --Journal of Southern History"[A] fine study, which offers new and fresh interpretations and does so by integrating a range of disciplines." --Civil War Book Review"[This] new book tracing the contributions of slave labor to one sector of the economy helps . . . concretize the reparations question." --Atlantic Unbound