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In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California.

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Bottoms brings exploration of Reconstruction and changing attitudes about race westward. . . . This is a highly interesting story, and Bottoms tells it well."" - Elliott West, author of The Essential West: Collected Essays

An Aristocracy of Color Race and Reconstruction in California and the West 18501890

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 9/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780806146492, 978-0806146492
      ISBN10: 0806146494

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California.

      Trade Review
      Bottoms brings exploration of Reconstruction and changing attitudes about race westward. . . . This is a highly interesting story, and Bottoms tells it well."" - Elliott West, author of The Essential West: Collected Essays

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