Albion W Tourgée

Gebundenes Buch

Bricks Without Straw

Beschreibung

Reprint of a Reconstruction-era novel by North Carolinian author Albion Tourgee, a white Republican judge, novelist, journalist, and advocate for freed slaves. This epic work documents racial conflicts and KKK violence against African Americans in NC.

Autor

Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905) was a soldier, journalist, attorney, judge, and prolific author of books, including the novel A Fool’s Errand, by One of the Fools (1879). As the lead attorney for the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Tourgée argued against the “separate but equal” doctrine. Carolyn L. Karcher is Professor Emerita at Temple University, where she taught English, American studies, and women’s studies. Among her books are The First Woman of the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child and A Lydia Maria Child Reader, both also published by Duke University Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343950
• ISBN-10: 0822343959
• Artikelnr.: 25910087