{"product_id":"black-new-orleans-1860-1880-paperback","title":"Black New Orleans, 1860-1880 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn W. Blassingame\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissued for the first time in over thirty years, \u003ci\u003eBlack New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e explores the twenty-year period in which the city's black population more than doubled. Meticulously researched and replete with archival illustrations from newspapers and rare periodicals, John W. Blassingame's groundbreaking history offers a unique look at the economic and social life of black people in New Orleans during Reconstruction. Not a conventional political treatment, Blassingame's history instead emphasizes the educational, religious, cultural, and economic activities of African Americans during the late nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Blending historical and sociological perspectives, and drawing with skill and imagination upon a variety of sources, [Blassingame] offers fresh insights into an oft-studied period of Southern history. . . . In both time and place the author has chosen an extraordinarily revealing vantage point from which to view his subject. \"-Neil R. McMillen, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn W. Blassingame\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2000) was a scholar of the history of American slavery and a former chairman of the African American Studies program at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 319\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.82 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135283826823,"sku":"9780226057088","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/643aa2f3d31bdbb54603ad6dba58cdff.webp?v=1732648329","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-new-orleans-1860-1880-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}