African Americans in the Reconstruction Era (Studies in African American History and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780815335962
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Ethnography; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; Blacks In The U.S.; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); History - U.S.; United States - Civil War; USA; Reconstruction (U.S. history,; United States - General; History / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 1863-1877; African Americans; History; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
First sentence: The self-consciousness of white men was not merely a result of their contact with blacks, but it was a self-identity long maintained in English culture.