Writing Reconstruction: Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the Postwar South

by Sharon D. Kennedy-Nolle

After the Civil War, the South was divided into five military districts occupied by Union forces. Out of these regions, a remarkable group of writers emerged. Experiencing the long-lasting ramifications of Reconstruction firsthand, many of these writers sought to translate the era's promise into practice. In fiction, newspaper journalism, and other forms of literature, authors including George Washington Cable, Albion Tourgee, Constance Fenimore Woolson,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146962107X
• ISBN13: 9781469621074
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"