The retreats of Reconstruction : race, leisure, and the politics of segregation at the New Jersey shore, 1865-1920 /

This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Goldberg, David E. (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Series:Reconstructing America (Series)
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