The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain Black and White
- ISBN-10
- 142142133X
- ISBN-13
- 9781421421339
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-17
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Brook Thomas
Description
The world Thomas conjures up in this groundbreaking new study is one in which successful remedies to racial wrongs remain to be imagined.
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