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Jumpin' Jim Crow
Jane Dailey
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Description for Jumpin' Jim Crow
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White supremacy shaped all aspects of post-Civil War southern life, yet its power was never complete or total. The form of segregation and subjection nicknamed Jim Crow constantly had to remake itself over time even as white southern politicians struggled to extend its grip. Here, some of the most innovative scholars of southern history question Jim Crow's sway, evolution, and methods over the course of a century. These essays bring to life the southern men and women--some heroic and decent, others mean and sinister, most a mixture of both--who supported and challenged Jim Crow, showing that white supremacy always had ... Read more
White supremacy shaped all aspects of post-Civil War southern life, yet its power was never complete or total. The form of segregation and subjection nicknamed Jim Crow constantly had to remake itself over time even as white southern politicians struggled to extend its grip. Here, some of the most innovative scholars of southern history question Jim Crow's sway, evolution, and methods over the course of a century. These essays bring to life the southern men and women--some heroic and decent, others mean and sinister, most a mixture of both--who supported and challenged Jim Crow, showing that white supremacy always had ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691001937
SKU
V9780691001937
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About Jane Dailey
Jane Dailey is Assistant Professor of History at Rice University and author of Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Post-Emancipation Virginia. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore is Professor of History at Yale and author of Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920. ... Read more
Reviews for Jumpin' Jim Crow
"In its linking of culture and social relations with politics, Jumpin' Jim Crow is cutting edge history and belongs in every academic library."
Library Journal "Jumpin Jim Crow offers a valuable contribution to the study of race relations in the American South."
Junius P. Rodriguez, History "This is a very important book. It might easily have been subtitled A Treatise on the ... Read more
Library Journal "Jumpin Jim Crow offers a valuable contribution to the study of race relations in the American South."
Junius P. Rodriguez, History "This is a very important book. It might easily have been subtitled A Treatise on the ... Read more