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A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration, Steven Hahn

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Summary
This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people-an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building. At the same time, Hahn asks us to think in more expansive ways about the nature and boundaries of politics and political practice. Emphasizing the importance of kinship, labor, and networks of communication, A Nation under Our Feet explores the political relations and sensibilities that developed under slavery and shows how they set the stage for grassroots mobilization. Hahn introduces us to local leaders, and shows how political communities were built, defended, and rebuilt. He also identifies the quest for self-governance as an essential goal of black politics across the rural South, from contests for local power during Reconstruction, to emigrationism, biracial electoral alliances, social separatism, and, eventually, migration. Hahn suggests that Garveyism and other popular forms of black nationalism absorbed and elaborated these earlier struggles, thus linking the first generation of migrants to the urban North with those who remained in the South. He offers a new framework-looking out from slavery-to understand twentieth-century forms of black political consciousness as well as emerging battles for civil rights. It is a powerful story, told here for the first time, and one that presents both an inspiring and a troubling perspective on American democracy. Emphasizing the role of kinship, labor, and networks in the African-American community, the author retraces six generations of black struggles since the end of the Civil War, revealing a "nation" under construction throughout this entire period
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
viii, [16] pages of plates, 610 pages
Contents
  • Prologue: Looking out from slavery
  • pt 1. "The Jacobins of the country".
  • Of chains and threads
  • "The choked voice of a race at last unloosed
  • Of rumors and revelations
  • pt 2. To build a new Jerusalem.
  • Reconstructing the body politic
  • " A society turned bottomside up"
  • Of paramilitary politics
  • pt 3. The unvanquished.
  • The education of Henry Adams
  • Of ballots and biracialism
  • The valley and the shadows
  • Epilogue: "Up, you mighty race."
Isbn
9780674011694
Link
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d9d9-aa
Instance
Label
A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration
Title
A nation under our feet
Title remainder
Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration
Statement of responsibility
Steven Hahn
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people-an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building. At the same time, Hahn asks us to think in more expansive ways about the nature and boundaries of politics and political practice. Emphasizing the importance of kinship, labor, and networks of communication, A Nation under Our Feet explores the political relations and sensibilities that developed under slavery and shows how they set the stage for grassroots mobilization. Hahn introduces us to local leaders, and shows how political communities were built, defended, and rebuilt. He also identifies the quest for self-governance as an essential goal of black politics across the rural South, from contests for local power during Reconstruction, to emigrationism, biracial electoral alliances, social separatism, and, eventually, migration. Hahn suggests that Garveyism and other popular forms of black nationalism absorbed and elaborated these earlier struggles, thus linking the first generation of migrants to the urban North with those who remained in the South. He offers a new framework-looking out from slavery-to understand twentieth-century forms of black political consciousness as well as emerging battles for civil rights. It is a powerful story, told here for the first time, and one that presents both an inspiring and a troubling perspective on American democracy. Emphasizing the role of kinship, labor, and networks in the African-American community, the author retraces six generations of black struggles since the end of the Civil War, revealing a "nation" under construction throughout this entire period
Awards note
Pulitzer Prize, History, 2004.
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1951-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hahn, Steven
Dewey number
975/.0049607301734
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.2
LC item number
.H15 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Southern States
  • Southern States
  • Southern States
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Noirs américains
  • Noirs américains
  • Noirs américains
  • États-Unis (Sud)
  • États-Unis (Sud)
  • États-Unis (Sud)
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Politics and government
  • Race relations
  • Rural conditions
  • Southern States
  • Negers
  • Politieke activiteit
  • Politieke cultuur
  • Bürgerrechtsbewegung
  • Schwarze
  • Sklaverei
  • USA
  • Sklaverei
  • Bürgerrechtsbewegung
  • USA
Label
A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration, Steven Hahn
Link
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d9d9-aa
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-593) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
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Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
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Contents
Prologue: Looking out from slavery -- pt 1. "The Jacobins of the country". -- Of chains and threads -- "The choked voice of a race at last unloosed -- Of rumors and revelations -- pt 2. To build a new Jerusalem. -- Reconstructing the body politic -- " A society turned bottomside up" -- Of paramilitary politics -- pt 3. The unvanquished. -- The education of Henry Adams -- Of ballots and biracialism -- The valley and the shadows -- Epilogue: "Up, you mighty race."
Control code
ocm51898845
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
viii, [16] pages of plates, 610 pages
Isbn
9780674011694
Lccn
2003045326
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780674011694
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o51898845
  • (OCoLC)51898845
Label
A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration, Steven Hahn
Link
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d9d9-aa
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-593) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Looking out from slavery -- pt 1. "The Jacobins of the country". -- Of chains and threads -- "The choked voice of a race at last unloosed -- Of rumors and revelations -- pt 2. To build a new Jerusalem. -- Reconstructing the body politic -- " A society turned bottomside up" -- Of paramilitary politics -- pt 3. The unvanquished. -- The education of Henry Adams -- Of ballots and biracialism -- The valley and the shadows -- Epilogue: "Up, you mighty race."
Control code
ocm51898845
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
viii, [16] pages of plates, 610 pages
Isbn
9780674011694
Lccn
2003045326
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780674011694
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o51898845
  • (OCoLC)51898845

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