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The Reconstruction desegregation debate : the politics of equality and the rhetoric of place, 1870-1875
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The Reconstruction desegregation debate : the politics of equality and the rhetoric of place, 1870-1875 / Kirt H. Wilson.
ISBN
0870136178 (alk. paper)
9780870136177 (alk. paper)
Published
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2002.
Physical Description
xviii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index.
Contents
The symbolic meaning of segregation.
The legislative history of the 1875 Civil Rights Act.
The politics of equality in Charles Sumner's prophetic vision.
Black equality and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Expediency arguments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Constitutional arguments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
The triumph of place over equality.
Appendix A: The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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