D Michael Bottoms: 1 book
An Aristocracy of Color
Race and Reconstruction in California and the West, 1850–1890
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California. State elections in California to ratify Reconstruction-era amendments to the U.S....
