Black Reconstruction in America

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Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
history book
non-fiction book
academicDiscipline African American studies
history
sociology
author W. E. B. Du Bois
centralThesis Reconstruction era
surface form: Reconstruction was a period of significant Black political participation and leadership

class conflict between labor and capital shaped Reconstruction outcomes
formerly enslaved people played a decisive role in the destruction of slavery
racist historiography distorted the history of Reconstruction
challenges Dunning School interpretation of Reconstruction
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes use of history as propaganda
white supremacist narratives of Reconstruction
describesAs Reconstruction as a "brief moment in the sun" for Black freedom
emphasizes agency of Black workers
importance of universal public education in Reconstruction
focusesOn Black political agency
labor and class relations
role of formerly enslaved people in Reconstruction
genre historical study
scholarly monograph
hasPart chapter "The Black Worker"
chapter "The General Strike"
chapter "The Propaganda of History"
hasReissue 1960s edition with new scholarly attention
modern editions published by various academic presses
influenced African American studies
Marxist interpretations of U.S. history
Reconstruction historiography
critical race theory
language English
mainSubject African American history
Reconstruction era
United States history
class struggle
historiography
slavery in the United States
notableFor challenging the Dunning School consensus on Reconstruction
early use of a class analysis of U.S. history
reframing Reconstruction as a revolutionary democratic experiment
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationYear 1935
publisher Harper & Brothers
timePeriodCovered 1860s
1870s
American Civil War
Reconstruction era

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W. E. B. Du Bois notableWork Black Reconstruction in America