Description: Freedoms Gained and Lost by Adam H. Domby, Simon Lewis, Bruce E. Baker, Don H. Doyle, Brian K. Fennessy, Michael Fitzgerald, Ethan Kytle, Hilary N. Green "The essays gathered in this volume derive from a conference convened in Charleston, South Carolina, in March 2018 by the program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW)." FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reconstruction is one of the most complex, overlooked, and misunderstood periods of American history. The thirteen essays in this volume address the multiple struggles to make good on President Abraham Lincolns promise of a "new birth of freedom" in the years following the Civil War, as well as the counter-efforts including historiographical ones-to undermine those struggles. The forms these struggles took varied enormously, extended geographically beyond the former Confederacy, influenced political and racial thought internationally, and remain open to contestation even today. The fight to establish and maintain meaningful freedoms for Americas Black population led to the apparently concrete and permanent legal form of the three key Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as the revised state constitutions, but almost all of the latter were overturned by the end of the century, and even the former are not necessarily out of jeopardy. And it was not just the formerly enslaved who were gaining and losing freedoms. Struggles over freedom, citizenship, and rights can be seen in a variety of venues. At times, gaining one freedom might endanger another. How we remember Reconstruction and what we do with that memory continues to influence politics, especially the politics of race, in the contemporary United States. Offering analysis of educational and professional expansion, legal history, armed resistance, the fate of Black soldiers, international diplomacy post-1865 and much more, the essays collected here draw attention to some of the vital achievements of the Reconstruction period while reminding us that freedoms can be won, but they can also be lost. Author Biography Adam H. Domby (Edited By) Adam Domby is an Associate Professor of History at Auburn University, having previously worked at the College of Charleston. He is the author of The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory. In 2018, he won the John T. Hubble Prize for the best article in Civil War History. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Simon Lewis (Edited By) Simon Lewis has been teaching African and Third World Literature at the College of Charleston since 1996. A former long-time director of the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) program at the College, Dr. Lewis is the coeditor of three volumes of essays in USC Presss Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World series: The Fruits of Exile: Central European Intellectual Immigration to America in the Age of Fascism, Ambiguous Anniversary: The Bicentennial of the International Slave Trade Bans, and The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War. He is also the author of two monographs on African literature and numerous refereed articles primarily on South African writers. He was recognized in 2021 with a Governors Award in the Humanities from South Carolina. Table of Contents IntroductionSimon Lewis and Adam H. Domby | 1Whom Is Reconstruction For?Bruce E. Baker | 17Implementing Public Schools: Competing Visions and Crises in Postemancipation Mobile, AlabamaHilary N. Green | 39Reconstruction Justice: African American Police Officers in Charleston and New OrleansSamuel Watts | 571874: Self-Defense and Racial Empowerment in the Alabama Black BeltMichael W. Fitzgerald | 78"They Mustered a Whole Company of Kuklux as Militia":State Violence and Black Freedoms in Kentuckys ReadjustmentShannon M. Smith | 96A Woman of "Weak Mind": Gender, Race, and Mental Competency in the Reconstruction EraFelicity Turner | 121Idealism versus Material Realities: Economic Woes for Northern African American FamiliesHolly A. Pinheiro, Jr. | 143"Works Meet for Repentance": Congressional Amnesty and Reconstructed RebelsBrian K. Fennessy | 159Toward an International History of ReconstructionDon H. Doyle | 181The Dream of a Rural Democracy:US Reconstruction and Abolitionist Propaganda in Rio de Janeiro, 1880–1890Sergio Pinto-Handler | 212Lessons from "Redemption": Memories of Reconstruction Violence in Colonial PolicyAdam H. Domby | 232Remembering War, Constructing Race Pride, Promoting Uplift:Joseph T. Wilson and the Black Politics of Reconstruction and RetreatMatthew E. Stanley | 249Fact, Fancy, and Nat Fullers Feast in 1865 and 2015Ethan J. Kytle | 276Acknowledgments | 305List of Contributors | 307Index | 309 Review . . . Freedoms Gained and Lost provides a valuable synthesis of the current state of Reconstruction studies. Written with our current moment in mind, the collection will serve as a useful tool for graduate students, journalists, and general readers interested in learning more about Reconstruction and its legacies. As we continue to struggle with our own "Third Reconstruction" moment, such a public-facing effort should be applauded.-- "Journal of the Civil War Era". . . Freedoms Gained and Lost provides a valuable synthesis of the current state of Reconstruction studies. Written with our current moment in mind, the collection will serve as a useful tool for graduate students, journalists, and general readers interested in learning more about Reconstruction and its legacies. As we continue to struggle with our own "Third Reconstruction" moment, such a public-facing effort should be applauded.-- "Journal of the Civil War Era"Freedoms Gained and Lost is a splendid and timely collection of thought-provoking essays on a wide range of issues surrounding Reconstruction in America. These well-written and thoroughly researched essays exemplify the latest advances in the scholarship of Reconstruction and together make a profound contribution to the field.---Aaron Astor, author of Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation, and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872. Review Quote Freedoms Gained and Lost is a splendid and timely collection of thought-provoking essays on a wide range of issues surrounding Reconstruction in America. These well-written and thoroughly researched essays exemplify the latest advances in the scholarship of Reconstruction and together make a profound contribution to the field. Competing Titles Spangler & Towers, Remaking North American Sovereignty ( Fordham 2020) Prior, Reconstruction in a Globalizing World (Fordham 2018) Gallagher & Varon, New Perspectives on the Civil War (Fordham 2019) Feature A timely book looking back at a period that reshaped America and the world Description for Sales People A timely book looking back at a period that reshaped America and the world Details ISBN0823298167 Short Title Freedoms Gained and Lost Pages 272 Publisher Fordham University Press Series Reconstructing America Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0823298167 ISBN-13 9780823298167 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-12-07 Subtitle Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later Imprint Fordham University Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-12-07 NZ Release Date 2021-12-07 US Release Date 2021-12-07 UK Release Date 2021-12-07 Author Hilary N. 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ISBN-13: 9780823298167
Book Title: Freedoms Gained and Lost
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later
Publisher: Hilary Green, Don H. Doyle, Ethan Kytle, Bruce E. Baker, Adam H. Domby, Simon Lewis, Michael Fitzgerald, Brian K. Fennessy, Fordham University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Social Sciences, History
Item Height: 229 mm
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Author: Simon Lewis, Adam H. Domby
Subject Area: Civil Service
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