The Work of Reconstruction - From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina 1860-1870 (Paperback, Revised)

This book examines social, political, and cultural conflicts opened by the abolition of slavery and the fashioning of wage relations in the era of the American Civil War. It offers a new, close look at the origins, goals, and tactics of popular political clubs created by emancipated workers in the countryside of one of the Deep South's oldest plantation states. The Work of Reconstruction draws on a rich documentary record that allowed ex-slaves to express in their own words and behavior the aspirations and goals that underlay their efforts. Not satisfied to render freed men and women as objects of theoretical inquiry, this book vividly recovers the concrete practices and language in which ex-slaves achieved freedom and the expectations that they had of liberty.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Julie Saville
Dimensions:	227 x 151 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56625-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-521-56625-8
Barcode:	9780521566254

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