In this Book
- An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative story of how black men's right to vote transformed local affairs, and how, in short order, city reformers made that right virtually meaningless. Bringing the question of equality to the forefront of Reconstruction scholarship, this widely praised study explores how concerns about public and private space, civilization, and dependency informed the period's debate over rights and citizenship.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 5. Make Haste Slowly: The Limits of Equality
- pp. 174-213
- Works Cited
- pp. 311-338
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 339-342
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469606262
Related ISBN(s)
9780807834145, 9780807872666, 9780807899328
MARC Record
OCLC
966879779
Pages
376
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No