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 |
| Publication | Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017] |
| Description | xvi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | UnCivil 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017013381 |
| ISBN | 9780820351490 |
| ISBN | 9780820351483 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0820351482 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0820351490 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E668 .B49 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |