The book explores the political maneuvers in southern states around 1900 that systematically stripped voting rights from African Americans and many lower-class whites. By 1908, states like Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana had effectively disenfranchised these groups, reversing the gains made during Reconstruction. This historical analysis highlights the strategies employed to undermine democracy and the long-lasting impact of these actions, which left affected communities without voting rights for more than fifty years.
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Michael Perman je emeritný profesor histórie na University of Illinois-Chicago. Jeho práca sa vyznačuje hlbokým vhľadom do historických procesov a precíznym analytickým štýlom, ktorý čitateľom približuje zložité udalosti zrozumiteľnou formou. Vo svojich publikáciách sa zameriava na kľúčové momenty dejín a ich dopad na súčasnosť, pričom vždy usiluje o komplexné a nuansované pochopenie minulosti.


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- 1998
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in US history. This text, designed to be the primary anthology for the introductory survey course, covers the span of the Civil War. The Third Edition, with new co-author Amy Taylor, includes a new chapter on Lincoln and Davis as military leaders, reorganized home front chapters, and many new documents and essays reflecting the latest scholarship.