Title Race in the American south : from slavery to civil rights / David Brown and Clive Webb

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 392 pages) : maps Contents Introduction; 1. Red, White and Black? Native Americans, Europeans and Africans Meet in the Chesapeake; 2. Systematising Slavery: The Making of the Plantation System in the Eighteenth Century; 3. Slavery, Race and the American Revolution; 4. A White Man's Republic in the Antebellum South; 5. The Paradoxical Institution: Antebellum Slavery; 6. A Fragile Freedom: The Civil War and the Collapse of Slavery; 7. 'The White Supreme': Race Relations in the Jim Crow South; 8. A World of Their Own: Black Culture and Resistance; 9. The Challenge of Reform: The South in the Era of the World Wars; 10. Moderates and Militants: The Struggle for the White South; 11. We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement; Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Race Summary The issue of race has indelibly shaped the history of the United States. Nowhere has the drama of race relations been more powerfully staged than in the American South. This book charts the turbulent course of southern race relations from the colonial origins of the plantation system to the maturation of slavery in the nineteenth century, through the rise of a new racial order during the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the civil rights revolution of the twentieth century. While the history of race in the southern states has been shaped by a basic struggle between black and white, the authors show how other forces such as class and gender have complicated the colour line. They distinguish clearly between ideas about race, mostly written and disseminated by intellectuals and politicians, and their reception by ordinary southerners, both black and white. As a result, readers are presented with a broad, over-arching view of race in the American South throughout its chequered history. Key Features racial issues are the key area of interest for those who study the American South race is the driving engine of Southern history unique in its focus on race broad coverage - origins of the plantation system to the situation in the South today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-374) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Slavery -- Southern States -- History Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History Racism -- Southern States -- History African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History HISTORY -- State & Local. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Social conditions Civil rights movements Race relations Racism Slavery SUBJECT Southern States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125643 Southern States -- Race relations Subject Southern States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Webb, Clive, 1970- ISBN 9780748628261 0748628266 0748613765 9780748613762 9786610953103 6610953104

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