Synopsis
In this age of affirmative action and increasing complexity in black-white relations, this pioneering study of Hampton, Virginia, tells the story of what race relations in postbellum America might have been. Here, if only for a time, the promises of Emancipation and Reconstruction were fulfilled. Why was the American Dream realized by blacks in Hampton and not elsewhere? Engs follows a community of freedmen over a thirty-year period to answer this compelling question.
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"Engs deserves credit for the sophistication and scope of his study and for his attention to the subtle and paradoxical. The questions addressed, the logical scope of the book, the depth of research, and the author's crisp writing style contribute to making this book a major addition to the literature."
About the Author
ROBERT F. ENGS is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His other books include Educating the Disenfranchised: Samuel Chapman Armstrong and Hampton Institute, 1939-1893; Freedom's First Generation: Black Hampton, Virginia (Fordham); and, with Randall E. Miller, The Birth of the Grand Old Party: The Republicans' First Generation.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. xx, 236pp. Illustrated. Tiny light stains along the bottom edge affecting the interior only the most trifling bit, thus near fine in a modestly worn, very good dust jacket with a couple of nicks and very short tears (one with an internal tape reinforcement), and slight evidence of price label removal on the upper flap. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "To Bob Smith With warm regards + best wishes for another fan of Hampton + student of the black experience. Bob Engs.". Seller Inventory # 606278