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Branches Without Roots: Genesis of the Black Working Class in the American South, 1862-1882
Branches Without Roots Genesis of the Black Working Class in the American South 18621882
Author: Gerald David Jaynes
The transition of blacks from slavery into the post-war free economy, and the inevitable reorganization of the plantation after the Civil War, were two of our nation's most profound transformations. Yet surprisingly little has been written about how these transformations occurred. How did the sharecropping system evolve, and how did it help ma...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195036190
ISBN-10: 0195036190
Publication Date: 1/16/1986
Pages: 360
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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