{"product_id":"between-slavery-and-capitalism-martin-ruef-9780691173597","title":"Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth examination of the economic and social transition from slavery to capitalism during Reconstruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition from slavery to modern capitalism. In \u003ci\u003eBetween Slavery and Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Ruef examines how this institutional change affected individuals, organizations, and communities in the late nineteenth century, as blacks and whites alike learned to navigate the shoals between two different economic worlds. Analyzing trajectories among average Southerners, this is perhaps the most extensive sociological treatment of the transition from slavery since W.E.B. Du Bois's \u003ci\u003eBlack Reconstruction in America.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the aftermath of the Civil War, uncertainty was a pervasive feature of life in the South, affecting the economic behavior and social status of former slaves, Freedmen's Bureau agents, planters, merchants, and politicians, among others. Emancipation brought fundamental questions: How should emancipated slaves be reimbursed in wage contracts? What occupations and class positions would be open to blacks and whites? What forms of agricultural tenure could persist? And what paths to economic growth would be viable? To understand the escalating uncertainty of the postbellum era, Ruef draws on a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including several thousand interviews with former slaves, letters, labor contracts, memoirs, survey responses, census records, and credit reports. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a resolutely comparative approach, \u003ci\u003eBetween Slavery and Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e identifies profound changes between the economic institutions of the Old and New South and sheds new light on how the legacy of emancipation continues to affect political discourse and race and class relations today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Ruef\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691173591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691173597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.68d","brand":"Martin Ruef","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110639948031,"sku":"9780691173597","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fcdd31e-4bea-4ae3-9035-30d044d35ba7.jpg?v=1725469354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-slavery-and-capitalism-martin-ruef-9780691173597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}