Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy |
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| Author:
| Kantrowitz, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2530-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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Through the life of Benjamin R.Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina's notorious agrarian rebel, this book traces white male supremacy from plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow. As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, governor, and U.S. senator, he offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremacist. This book argues that Tillman's white supremacy was a political program and social argument whose legacies continue to shape American life.
Through the life of Benjamin R.Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina's notorious agrarian rebel, this book traces white male supremacy from plantation slavery to the age of Jim Crow. As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, governor, and U.S. senator, he offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremacist. This book argues that Tillman's white supremacy was a political program and social argument whose legacies continue to shape American life.