Black Reconstruction in America

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Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.

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Black Reconstruction in America canonical 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline African American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
author W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
centralThesis Reconstruction was a period of significant Black political participation and leadership ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era

class conflict between labor and capital shaped Reconstruction outcomes ⓘ
formerly enslaved people played a decisive role in the destruction of slavery ⓘ
racist historiography distorted the history of Reconstruction ⓘ
challenges Dunning School interpretation of Reconstruction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes use of history as propaganda ⓘ
white supremacist narratives of Reconstruction ⓘ
describesAs Reconstruction as a "brief moment in the sun" for Black freedom ⓘ
emphasizes agency of Black workers ⓘ
importance of universal public education in Reconstruction ⓘ
focusesOn Black political agency ⓘ
labor and class relations ⓘ
role of formerly enslaved people in Reconstruction ⓘ
genre historical study ⓘ
scholarly monograph ⓘ
hasPart chapter "The Black Worker" ⓘ
chapter "The General Strike" ⓘ
chapter "The Propaganda of History" ⓘ
hasReissue 1960s edition with new scholarly attention ⓘ
modern editions published by various academic presses ⓘ
influenced African American studies ⓘ
Marxist interpretations of U.S. history ⓘ
Reconstruction historiography ⓘ
critical race theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American history ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
United States history ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
notableFor challenging the Dunning School consensus on Reconstruction ⓘ
early use of a class analysis of U.S. history ⓘ
reframing Reconstruction as a revolutionary democratic experiment ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1935 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1860s ⓘ
1870s ⓘ
American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ

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