Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen´s Bureau in Texas
Christopher B. Bean
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Description for Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen´s Bureau in Texas
Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen’s Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau’s personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the “hearts of Reconstruction.” Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents.
Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeople’s transition to freedom. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Reconstructing America
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823268757
SKU
V9780823268757
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About Christopher B. Bean
Christopher B. Bean is Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies at East Central University, Oklahoma.
Reviews for Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen´s Bureau in Texas
"Rooted in bureau, census, and military records, Bean's research is nothing short of exhaustive...this is a solid study-accessibly written and deftly argued."
-Dr. Brlan Matthew Jordan Civil War News "Christopher Bean's Too Great a Burden to Bear makes a significant contribution to Reconstruction studies. Deftly combining storytelling with systematic quantitative analyses of the evidence, Bean offers new information, not ... Read more
-Dr. Brlan Matthew Jordan Civil War News "Christopher Bean's Too Great a Burden to Bear makes a significant contribution to Reconstruction studies. Deftly combining storytelling with systematic quantitative analyses of the evidence, Bean offers new information, not ... Read more