Reconstructing Democracy
Author | : Justin Behrend |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780820340333 |
ISBN-13 | : 0820340332 |
Rating | : 4/5 (332 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reconstructing Democracy by : Justin Behrend
Download or read book Reconstructing Democracy written by Justin Behrend and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within a few short years after emancipation, freedpeople of the Natchez District created a new democracy in the Reconstruction era, replacing the oligarchic rule of slaveholders and Confederates with a grassroots democracy that transformed the South after the Civil War.