Michael Klaas
Heather Cox Richardson argues that the forces behind the Confederacy were oligarchic ones and that, through the wedge of racism, those oligarchic powers were never truly defeated. The aborted effort of Reconstruction has lead us to our present travails, and has allowed rich elites to again and again threaten our liberty and democracy.
I think this is a compelling narrative and one that integrates class-consciousness into the standard story of racism and slavery. I recommend this book!
Heather Cox Richardson argues that the forces behind the Confederacy were oligarchic ones and that, through the wedge of racism, those oligarchic powers were never truly defeated. The aborted effort of Reconstruction has lead us to our present travails, and has allowed rich elites to again and again threaten our liberty and democracy.
I think this is a compelling narrative and one that integrates class-consciousness into the standard story of racism and slavery. I recommend this book!