{"product_id":"black-charlestonians-bernard-e-powers-9781557285836","title":"Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822-1885","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis revisionist work delineates the major social and economic contours of the large black population in the pivotal Southern city of Charleston, South Carolina., historic seaport center for the slave trade. It draws upon census data, manuscript collections, and newspaper accounts to expand our knowledge of this particular community of nineteenth-century black urbanites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the federal government codified the rights of African-Americans into law following the Civil War, it was the initiatives taken by black men and women that actually transformed the theoretical benefits of emancipation into clear achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of its large free black population, Charleston provided a case study of black social class stratification and social mobility even before the war. Reconstruction only emphasized that stratification, and Powers examines in detail the aspirations and concessions that shaped the lives of the newly freed blacks, who were led by a black upper class tat sometimes seemed more inclined to emulate white social mores than act as a vanguard for fundamental social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike most Reconstruction studies, which concentrate on politics, \u003ci\u003eBlack Charlestonians\u003c\/i\u003e explores the era's vital socioeconomic challenges for blacks as they emerged into full citizenship in an important city in the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice's\u003c\/i\u003e 1996 Outstanding Academic Books List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard E. Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557285837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557285836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.98w x 1.22d","brand":"Bernard E. Powers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767192080639,"sku":"9781557285836","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aeec3a2f-8bfa-4f1b-a11a-f0d5254bbd91.jpg?v=1744169101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-charlestonians-bernard-e-powers-9781557285836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}