The Uplift Generation: Cooperation across the Color Line in Early Twentieth-Century Virginia (The American South Series) by Brooks, Clayton McClure

Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2017. Hardcover. VG/VG. SIGNED by author. Light bumping to cover corners. Stamp on first page, otherwise clean and tight.. White paper over boards, gray cloth spine with gilt lettering. Duotone illustrated dust jacket. xii; 271 pp. 20 BW illustrations. "Offering a fresh look at interracial cooperation in the formative years of Jim Crow, The Uplift Generation examines how segregation was molded not by Virginia's white political power structure alone but rather throught he work of a generation of Virginian reformers across the color line between 1900 and 1930." -- dj flap.

University of Virginia Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "For Clarence + Eileen - love, Clayton"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Signed by Author .

University of Virginia Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardback. New/New. 8x5x0. 271 pages. New copies. Offering a fresh look at interracial cooperation in the formative years of Jim Crow, The Uplift Generation examines how segregation was molded, not by VirginiaÂ’s white political power structure alone but rather through the work of a generation of Virginian reformers across the color line who from 1900 to 1930 engaged in interracial reforms. This group of paternalists and uplift reformers believed interracial cooperation was necessary to stem violence and promote progress. Although these activists had varying motivations, they worked together because their Progressive aims meshed, finding themselves unlikely allies. Unlike later incarnations of interracialism, this early work did not challenge segregation but rather helped to build and define it, intentionally and otherwise. The initiatives-whose genesis ranged from private one-on-one communications to large-scale interracial… Read More

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Univ of Virginia Pr, 2017. Hardcover. New. 271 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches.