Race relations in the urban South, 1865-1890 (The Urban life in America series)

In the first comparative study of race relations in the postbellum urban South, Howard N. Rabinowitz re-creates the lives of Southern urban blacks durin the years from 1865 to 1890. The author's expansive study examines the origins and development of segregation, and uses the city as a microcosm in which to consider the impact of Reconstruction and Redemption.