THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY by James M. McPherson, James M. McPherson ( 9780691163901 )

Item Details

Title:

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
ABOLITIONISTS AND THE NEGRO IN THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

By:

James M. McPherson, James M. McPherson

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£20.00

Our price:

£16.00

Discount:

20% off

You save:

£4.00

ISBN 10:

0691163901

ISBN 13:

9780691163901

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

26 October, 2014

Edition:

Updated edition with a New Preface

Series:

Princeton Classics

Pages:

496

Description:

"With a new preface by the author"--Cover.

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1964, The Struggle for Equality presents an incisive and vivid look at the abolitionist movement and the legal basis it provided to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson explores the role played by rights activists during and after the Civil War, and their evolution from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican Party. Asserting that it was not the abolitionists who failed to instill principles of equality, but rather the American people who refused to follow their leadership, McPherson raises questions about the obstacles that have long hindered American reform movements.This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.

Illustrations:

2 line illus.

Publication:

Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Prizes:

Winner of Warren F. Kuehl Prize of the Society for Historians of American

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

A VERY CIVIL WAR

A VERY CIVIL WAR (HB)