The color factor : the economics of African-American well-being in the nineteenth-century south /

This is the first full-length study of how colour intersected with polity, society and economy in the nineteenth century South. Although legal historians have explored how early Americans legally defined and contested race, that literature has overlooked or downplayed the middle ground occupied by a...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Bodenhorn, Howard
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
[First edition].
Zusammenfassung:
This is the first full-length study of how colour intersected with polity, society and economy in the nineteenth century South. Although legal historians have explored how early Americans legally defined and contested race, that literature has overlooked or downplayed the middle ground occupied by a sizeable mixed-race population of antebellum free people. These were the 'talented tenth' long before W.E.B. Dubois coined the term.
Umfang:
1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development The Color Factor
ISBN:
0-19-938313-8
0-19-938311-1
Schlagworte:
Multiracial people > Southern States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Southern States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
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