Welcoming Ruin: The Civil Rights Act of 1875

By Alan Friedlander and Richard Allan Gerber

Book Overview

This Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875 banned racial discrimination in public accommodations. This first full study demonstrates that the Republicans enacted it believed that civil equality under the law would produce social order in the former rebel South.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004359141
• ISBN13: 9789004359147
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 692 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"