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Washington during Civil War and Reconstruction : Race and Radicalism

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press [2011], 2011

1 Online-Ressource (356 pages)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Harrison, Robert : Washington during Civil War and Reconstruction : Race and Radicalism. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 (Druck-Ausgabe)

1-139-09308-8 (electronic bk.); 978-1-139-09308-8 (electronic bk.)

978-1-139-09206-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-139-09206-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-511-99338-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-511-99338-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-107-00232-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-107-00232-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-107-00232-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

F198.H37 2011

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bisacsh: SOC 020000 ; bisacsh: SOC 031000 ; bisacsh: SOC 002010

LOC-SH: Freedmen -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century ; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Washington (D.C.)

Washington (D.C.) ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) ; Freedmen ; History

An "Experimental Garden for the Propagation of Political Hybrids""The First Practical Triumph of Freedom"; Eradicating the Traces of Slavery; "A Pillar of Fire to Illumine the Footsteps of Millions": Black Suffrage; The Inauguration of Biracial Education; The Troublesome Question of Mixed Schools; A Partial Reconstruction; 5 Reconstructing the City Government; Introduction; The Mayoralty of Richard Wallach: Washingtons Ancien Régime; The Rise of the Republican Party; The Election of Sayles J. Bowen; Improvements; The Reform Republicans; Conclusion; 6 Race, Radicalism, and Reconstruction.

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Introduction; A "Western Palmyra"; A Southern City; A Model City; The Capital and the Union; 2 Wartime Washington; Introduction; The Question of Loyalty; The Capital of the Union; "An Asylum for Free Negroes"; Contraband Labor; The "Contraband System"; Freedmens Aid; Conclusion; 3 The Freedmens Bureau in the District of Columbia; Introduction; The Work of the Bureau; Sanitation and Housing; The Problem of Relief; "A Vast Labor Bureau"; The Bureau as an Urban Welfare Agency; 4 Congressional Reconstruction in the District of Columbia.