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Black Over White
Thomas Holt
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Description for Black Over White
Paperback. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In this prize-winning book Thomas Holt is concerned not only with the identities of the black politicians who gained power in South Carolina during Reconstruction, but also with the question of how they functioned within the political system. Thus, as one reviewer has commented, "he penetrates the superficial preoccupations over whether black politicians were venal or gullible to see whether they wielded power and influence and, if they did, how and to what ends and against what obstacles."
"Well crafted and well written, it not only broadens our knowledge of the period, but also deepens it, something that ... Read more
In this prize-winning book Thomas Holt is concerned not only with the identities of the black politicians who gained power in South Carolina during Reconstruction, but also with the question of how they functioned within the political system. Thus, as one reviewer has commented, "he penetrates the superficial preoccupations over whether black politicians were venal or gullible to see whether they wielded power and influence and, if they did, how and to what ends and against what obstacles."
"Well crafted and well written, it not only broadens our knowledge of the period, but also deepens it, something that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
Blacks in the New World
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252007750
SKU
V9780252007750
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Reviews for Black Over White
Winner of the Charles S. Sydnor Award of the Southern Historical Association, 1978. Winner of the Charles S. Sydnor Award of the Southern Historical Association, 1978.
Southern Historical Association
Southern Historical Association