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Intimate reconstructions children in postemancipation Virginia

Title
Intimate reconstructions [electronic resource] : children in postemancipation Virginia / Catherine A. Jones.
Author
Jones, Catherine A., 1974-
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
"This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era
Uniform Title
Intimate reconstructions (Online)
Alternative Title
Intimate reconstructions (Online)
Subject
  • Children > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Children > Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century
  • African American children > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Children, White > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Social aspects > History > Virginia > 19th century
  • Freedmen > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century
  • Virginia > Race relations > History > 19th century
  • United States > History > Children. > Civil War, 1861-1865
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The Persistence of Insecurity : Children in the Transition from War to Peace -- Recovering Freed Children and Recuperating Kinship -- White Children and the Intimate Landscape of Defeat -- Public Children : Contemptible Garrotters, Pitiable Orphans, and Pliable Workers -- Creating Confederate Orphans : Reconstructing History, Race, and Duty -- Children, Schools, and the Post-Reconstruction Future of the Public.
LCCN
2014029160
OCLC
ssj0001455433
Author
Jones, Catherine A., 1974-
Title
Intimate reconstructions [electronic resource] : children in postemancipation Virginia / Catherine A. Jones.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Series
A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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