Ben Tillman & the Reconstruction of White Supremacy

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Kantrowitz is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Klappentext Through the life of Benjamin R.Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina's notorious agrarian rebel, this book traces white male supremacy from plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow. As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, governor, and U.S. senator, he offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremacist. This book argues that Tillman's white supremacy was a political program and social argument whose legacies continue to shape American life. Zusammenfassung Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918)! South Carolina's self-styled agrarian rebel! this book traces the history of white male supremacy and its discontents from the era of plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Kantrowitz, Stephen David Kantrowitz
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2000
• EAN: 9780807848395
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-4839-5
• No. of pages: 422
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Sou; Fred W. Morrison Series in Sou
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education