Black Reconstruction in America : toward a history of the part of which Black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880 / W. E.B. Du Bois, with a new introduction by Mack H. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

African Americans--History--1863-1877.

African Americans.

History.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Employment--History--19th century.

African Americans--Employment.

Physical Description:

xxv, 659 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

Alter four centuries of bondage, the nineteenth century marked the long-awaited release of millions of black slaves. Subsequently, these former slaves attempted to reconstruct the basis of American democracy. W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the greatest intellectual leaders in United States history, evaluates the twenty years of fateful history that followed the Civil War, with special reference to the efforts and experiences of African Americans. Du Bois's words best indicate the broader parameters of his work: "The attitude of any person toward this book will be distinctly influenced by his theories of the Negro race. If he believes that the Negro in America and in general is an average and ordinary human being, who under given environment develops like other human beings, then he will read this story and judge it by the facts adduced." The plight of the white working class throughout the world is directly traceable to American slavery, on which modern commerce and industry were founded, Du Bois argues. Moreover, the resulting color caste was adopted, forwarded, and approved by white labor, and resulted in the subordination of colored labor throughout the world. As a result, the majority of the world's laborers became part of a system of industry that destroyed democracy and led to World War I and the Great Depression. This book tells that story. Book jacket.

Contents:

I The Black Worker 1

II The White Worker 14

III The Planter 28

IV The General Strike 49

V The Coming of the Lord 76

VI Looking Backward 115

VII Looking Forward 163

VIII Transubstantiation of a Poor White 211

IX The Price of Disaster 289

X The Black Proletariat in South Carolina 339

XI The Black Proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana 384

XII The White Proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida 434

XIII The Duel for Labor Control on Border and Frontier 469

XIV Counter-Revolution of Property 518

XV Founding the Public School 569

XVI Back Toward Slavery 599

XVII The Propaganda of History 635.

Notes:

"Originally published in 1935 by Harcourt, Brace and Co."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

141284620X

9781412846202

OCLC:

795645086

Publisher Number:

99954047871