An Aristocracy of Color: Race and Reconstruction in California and the West, 1850-1890volume 5

by D. Michael Bottoms

Book Overview

In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California. State elections in California to ratify Reconstruction-era amendments to the U.S. Constitution raised the question of whether extending suffrage to black Californians might also lead to the political participation of thousands of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146494
• ISBN13: 9780806146492
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"