{"product_id":"emancipations-diaspora-race-and-reconstruction-in-the-upper-midwest-9780807859506","title":"Emancipation's Diaspora: Race and Reconstruction in the Upper Midwest","description":"Most studies of emancipation's consequences have focused on the South. Moving the discussion to the North, Leslie Schwalm enriches our understanding of the national impact of the transition from slavery to freedom. \u003ci\u003eEmancipation's Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e follows the lives and experiences of thousands of men and women who liberated themselves from slavery, made their way to overwhelmingly white communities in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and worked to live in dignity as free women and men and as citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchwalm explores the hotly contested politics of black enfranchisement as well as collisions over segregation, civil rights, and the more informal politics of race--including how slavery and emancipation would be remembered and commemorated. She examines how gender shaped the politics of race, and how gender relations were contested and negotiated within the black community. Based on extensive archival research, \u003ci\u003eEmancipation's Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e shows how in churches and schools, in voting booths and Masonic temples, in bustling cities and rural crossroads, black and white Midwesterners--women and men--shaped the local and national consequences of emancipation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie a. Schwalm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807859506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchwalm, Leslie a.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Leslie A. Schwalm is associate professor of history, women's studies, and African American studies at the University of Iowa. She is author of \u003ci\u003eA Hard Fight for We: Women's Transition from Slavery to Freedom in South Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40412458156147,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":63.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_71e3aade-4b93-4fba-a313-5ade5c824cd1.jpg?v=1662126846","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/emancipations-diaspora-race-and-reconstruction-in-the-upper-midwest-9780807859506","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}