{"product_id":"the-rifle-and-the-plough-steven-a-reich-9781324094500","title":"The Rifle and the Plough: A Texas Massacre","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Rifle and the Plough\u003c\/em\u003e reconstructs a little-known episode from the summer of 1910, when the Black farming settlement of Sandy Beulah in East-Central Texas came under attack. White mobs waged war on prosperous Black landowners; rumors became weapons; celebration became provocation. Historian Steven A. Reich shows how the massacre unfolded and why it happened: the growing accumulation of land by Black residents, heightened racial tensions following boxer Jack Johnson's heavyweight title victory, and white resistance to Black autonomy and public festivity, including Juneteenth. \u003cem\u003eThe Rifle and the Plough\u003c\/em\u003e recovers the rise and destruction of a thriving Black community and asks why this history still matters. By linking racial violence to struggles over historical memory, land theft, and accountability, Reich speaks directly to contemporary debates about how the nation confronts its past, what justice demands of the present, and what reparative futures might yet be imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven A. Reich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324094508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324094500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Steven A. Reich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084189180159,"sku":"9781324094500","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rifle-and-the-plough-steven-a-reich-9781324094500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}