{"product_id":"urban-emancipation-popular-politics-in-reconstruction-mobile-1860-1890-paperback-1","title":"Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860--1890 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael W. Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars of Reconstruction have generally described Republican party factional conflicts in racial terms, as if the Radical agenda evoked unified black support. As Michael W. Fitzgerald shows in the first major study of black popular politics in the urban South in the years surrounding the Civil War, that depiction oversimplifies a contentious and often overlooked intraracial dynamic. Republican political power, he argues, heightened divisions within the African American community, divisions that were ultimately a major factor in the failure of Reconstruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on Mobile, the Confederacy's fourth largest city, Fitzgerald traces how the rivalry between longtime black residents and destitute freedmen fleeing the countryside yielded a startlingly antagonistic political scene. He demonstrates that the Republican factionalism that helped doom Reconstruction went beyond competing cliques of white officeholders. Boldly challenging reigning theories about the nature of post-Civil War politics, \u003ci\u003eUrban Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e will spark historical debate for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael W. Fitzgerald is a professor of history at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Union League Movement in the Deep South: Politics and Agricultural Change During Reconstruction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.16 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731738390835,"sku":"9780807128374","price":63.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eDM1cFhQQzhZenZpUG1BcGFHaEFCdz09_b460efeb-3f39-4a17-bfae-408377311ead.webp?v=1763866883","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/urban-emancipation-popular-politics-in-reconstruction-mobile-1860-1890-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}