Managing white supremacy : race, politics, and citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia / J. Douglas Smith.

Author/creator Smith, J. Douglas, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxiv, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
White people--Virginia. --Politics and government. --20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Virginia. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Virginia. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Segregation. --Virginia. --History. --20th century.
Citizenship--Virginia. --History. --20th century.
Virginia--Race relations.
Virginia--Race relations. --Political aspects.
Virginia--Politics and government. --1865-1950.

Contents Introduction : separation by consent -- A fine discrimination indeed : party politics and white supremacy from emancipation to world war -- Opportunities found and lost : race and politics after world war -- Redefining race : the campaign for racial purity -- Educating citizens or servants? : Hampton Institute and the divided mind of white Virginians -- Little tyrannies and petty skullduggeries -- A melancholy distinction : Virginia's response to lynching -- The erosion of paternalism : confronting the limits of managed race relations -- Travelling in opposite directions -- Too radical for us : the passing of managed race relations -- Epilogue : the making of massive resistance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-395) and index.
LCCN 2002006437
ISBN0807827568 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807854247 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F235.A1 S65 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold