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This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people-an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building.
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Grave, earnest, epic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 610
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press, Audible Studios on Brilliance, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674011694
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- African americans, southern states
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