Been In The Storm So Long: The Aftermath Of Slavery by Leon F. Litwack

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual dependency, but the ambiguities and tensions that had always been latent in "the peculiar institution. " Contents 1. "The Faithful Slave" 2. Black Liberators 3. Kingdom Comin' 4. Slaves No More 5. How Free is Free? 6. The Feel of Freedom: Moving About 7. Back to Work: The Old Compulsions 8. Back to Work: The New Dependency 9. The Gospel and the Primer 10. Becoming a People. This 1980 Vintage Paperback is in good condition. Owner's Name inside; Heavy. Page edges slightly soiled, otherwise verfy good.

ISBN: 9780394743981 SKU: 1582675 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1582675
Location: History