Beyond freedom : disrupting the history of emancipation / edited by David W. Blight and Jim Downs.

Other author Blight, David W., editor, contributor.
Other author Downs, Jim, 1973- editor, contributor.
Format Book
PublicationAthens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Descriptionxvi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesUnCivil Wars
Uncivil wars. ^A1129981
Contents Prologue / Eric Foner -- Introduction / David W. Blight, Gregory P. Downs, and Jim Downs -- From slavery to freedom: the grammar of emancipation: putting final freedom in context / Richard Newman -- Writing slavery into freedom's stories / Susan E. O'Donovan -- "Us never had no big funerals or weddin's on de place": ritualizing Black marriage in the wake of freedom / Brenda E. Stevenson -- Emancipation as state building from the inside out / Chandra Manning -- The politics of freedom: the problem of equality in the age of emancipation / Kate Masur -- When neighbors turn against neighbors: irregular warfare and the crisis of democracy in the Civil War era / Justin Behrend -- When everybody knew / James Oakes -- Meditations on the meaning of freedom: Black women and children in the Civil War: archive notes / Thavolia Glymph -- "Cleaning up the mess": some thoughts on freedom, violence, and grief / Carole Emberton -- In the moment of violence: writing the history of postemancipation terror / Hannah Rosen -- Emancipating the evidence: the ontology of the Freedmen's Bureau records / Jim Downs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017013381
ISBN9780820351490
ISBN9780820351483 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0820351482 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0820351490 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E668 .B49 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold