When Did Southern Segregation Begin by John David Smith

When Did Southern Segregation Begin by John David Smith

When did southern segregation begin? Students often assume that segregation was a natural outcome of Reconstruction. Even scholars cannot agree on which events at the end of the 19th century mark the beginning of American Apartheid. Each of the six selections in this volume addresses the question of segregation's origins, and amid the debate over when segregation began, revelations also emerge as to where and how it became the norm for relations between blacks and whites. Concentrating on the antebellum antecedents of segregation, the surprising fluidity of racial interaction in the postwar South, the relation between segregation and white supremacist doctrine, and the diversity of segregation practices among the states, the selections together demonstrate the evolution of southern segregation from a diverse array of local practices to a rigid, pervasive, legally sanctioned system of racial apartheid.

'As long as racial inequities persist in the United States, students, scholars and Americans in general will need to know when and why segregation beganJohn David Smith's astute collection pulls together both classic and recent explanations of the origins of the pernicious practice of restricting rights and public access on the basis of skin color. Beyond tracing the complex origins of segregation, Smith's collection reminds us of the enduring and tragic consequences of legalized racism.' - W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of Florida

JOHN DAVID SMITH is Graduate Alumni Distinguished Professor of History and Director of M.A. Program in Public History at North Carolina State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and in 1998-99 he served as the Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the Amerika Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich, Germany

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ISBN 13	9780312257385
ISBN 10	0312257384
Title	When Did Southern Segregation Begin
Author	John David Smith
Series	Historians At Work
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	2001-09-26
Number of pages	160
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