Black labor in Richmond, 1865-1890 / Peter J. Rachleff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rachleff, Peter J.

Contributor:

Licht, Walter, 1946- donor.

Walter Licht Labor History Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Black labor in the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Virginia--Richmond--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Richmond (Va.)--History.

Richmond (Va.).

Working class--Virginia--Richmond--History--19th century.

Working class.

Virginia--Richmond.

Genre:

History

Penn Provenance:

Licht, Walter, 1946- (donor)

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Illini books ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1989, ©1984.

Contents:

1. Race and class in Richmond

2. Community of former slaves, 1865-1873

3. The development of black popular political activity, 1865-1870

4. Working-class activism, the Republican party, and the Colored National Labor Union, 1870-1873

5. The depression of 1873-1878 ; new problems and new paths

6. Readjusterism and the rebirth of the Black Popular Movement, 1879-1883

7. Black Richmond adopts the Knights of Labor, 1884-1885

8. Popular activity, the Knights of Labor, and the movement culture

9. Spring 1886 : the apex of the Knights of Labor

10. Politics, race, and the decomposition of the movement culture

11. The death throes of the reform movement

12. Race and class : legacy and possibility.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Black labor in the South : Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1890. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1984. Originally published in series: Class and culture.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.

ISBN:

0252060261

9780252060267

OCLC:

18560841