The folly of Jim Crow : rethinking the segregated South

Publication Data

• Title The folly of Jim Crow : rethinking the segregated South
• Contributors Stephanie Cole, Natalie J. Ring, Peter Wallenstein
• Publisher University of Texas
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Arlington
• Language English

Contents

Identity, marriage, and schools: life along the color line/s in the era of Plessy v. Ferguson / Peter Wallenstein
Southern Indians and Jim Crow / Theda Perdue
The "new race question": the problem of poor whites and the color line / Natalie J. Ring
"Nature is the author of such restrictions": science, ethnological medicine, and Jim Crow / Melissa Stein
From the "ladies' car" to the "colored car": black female travelers in the segregated South / Mia Bay
Is marriage a civil right? the politics of intimacy in the Jim Crow era / Jane Dailey.

Topics

• African Americans :: Segregation :: Southern States
• African American women :: Southern States :: Social conditions :: 19th century
• African American women :: Southern States :: Social conditions :: 20th century
• Southern States :: Race relations :: History :: 19th century
• Southern States :: Race relations :: History :: 20th century
• Southern States

The folly of Jim Crow : rethinking the segregated South. ISBN 9781603445825. Published by University of Texas in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.