Reconstructing Democracy
Download or Read eBook Reconstructing Democracy PDF 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.
Author | : Justin Behrend |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780820340333 |
ISBN-13 | : 0820340332 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reconstructing Democracy by : Justin Behrend
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.