{"product_id":"revolutions-and-reconstructions-9780812252323","title":"Revolutions and Reconstructions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGosse and Waldstreicher have assembled a well-organized and carefully edited collection. The editors and the authors have thoughtfully merged the unique historical research and analysis of each author with the volume’s larger arguments about nineteenth-century Black people’s political engagement. Their collection is only a preview of a developing body of work that will surely transform scholarly understandings of the evolution of US politics. * Early American Literature *\u003cbr\u003e[This] rich collection of essays brings together scholars of the Early Republic, the Civil War era, and African American life to reconceptualize Black political activism in the period between the Revolutionary and Reconstruction eras. Arguing that revolution, emancipation, and Reconstruction were interrelated processes, the editors open up a new vista through which historians will analyze these historical periods and Black political resistance. * The Journal of the Civil War Era *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolutions and Reconstructions\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly reimagines the black political landscape before 1900. Each chapter is based on cutting edge work and the whole volume convincingly shows how African American political actors, whether at the local or national level, played pivotal roles on a number of civic and institutional fronts. It's an essential volume. * Richard Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology *\u003cbr\u003eThis timely volume highlights the agency of African Americans by demonstrating that their efforts were ongoing, multifaceted, and driving American politics. The image of a nation going through a postwar reconstruction that was similar across regions has long been in need of correction, and this book is a significant contribution to that effort. * Beverly Tomek, University of Houston-Victoria *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Black Politics and U.S. Politics in the Age of Revolutions, Reconstructions, and Emancipations\u003cbr\u003e Van Gosse and David Waldstreicher\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Women's Politics, Antislavery Politics, and Phillis Wheatley's American RevolutionDavid Waldstreicher\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Rethinking White Supremacy: Black Resistance and the Problem of Slaveholder Authority\u003cbr\u003e Padraig Riley\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. In the Woodpile: Negro Electors in the First Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e Van Gosse\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Freedom and the Politics of Migration After the American Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Samantha Seeley\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Black Migration, Black Villages, and Black Emancipation in Antebellum Illinois\u003cbr\u003e M. Scott Heerman\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Practicing Formal Politics Without the Vote: Black New Yorkers in the Aftermath of 1821\u003cbr\u003e Sarah L. H. Gronningsater\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. \"Agitation, Tumult, Violence Will Not Cease\": Black Politics and the Compromise of 1850\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Diemer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Black Politics and the \"Foul and Infamous Lie\" of Dred Scott\u003cbr\u003e Christopher James Bonner\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The \"Free Cuba\" Campaign, Republican Politics, and Post-Civil War Black Internationalism\u003cbr\u003e James M. Shinn Jr.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Southern Division: Freedpeople, Pensions, and Federal State Building in the Post-Confederate South\u003cbr\u003e Dale Kretz\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Telling and Retelling: The Diversity of Black Political Practices\u003cbr\u003e Kellie Carter Jackson\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Laura F. Edwards\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405743595863,"sku":"9780812252323","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812252323.jpg?v=1730493458","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolutions-and-reconstructions-9780812252323","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}