Reed, Adolph L

The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives (Jacobin)

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ISBN 13:
9781839766268
author:
Reed, Adolph L
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Verso Books
language:
English
Publication Year:
2022
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
21 x 14 x 1.5 centimetres (0.57
Genre:
Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 6 working days
£13.24

Description

The South: A History of Jim Crow and Its Afterlives By Adolph L. Reed Jr. This searing history blends personal memoir with historical accounts to capture the realities of life in the last decades of the Jim Crow South. The author sheds light on the enduring legacy of segregation, a collective memory that is increasingly shaped by its horrors and heroic defeat. Through his personal history and political acumen, Adolph L. Reed Jr. illuminates the multifaceted structures of the segregationist order, revealing how it structured day-to-day interactions, lives, and ambitions of ordinary working people. This book offers a nuanced understanding of everyday life in Jim Crow America, required reading for anyone seeking to grasp the complexities of America's apartheid system. Filled with analysis and fascinating firsthand accounts, The South is more than a memoir or a history - it is a detailed examination of the operation of the system that codified and enshrined racial inequality.

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