1960s 8vo Book, w.e.Burghardt Du Bois Black Reconstruction - 2 Pieces

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Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt. Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in … Read more Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt. Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880.

New York: Russell & Russell, 1962-1963, reprint. 8vo; 746 pp. Black cloth boards, hint of foxing on text block edges, spine with white stamped title, price clipped dust jacket, wear at extremities, a bit of toning on fore-edge, rear cover lightly soiled, 2.5 inch tear at rear board edge fold, both folds Washi tape reinforced. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Measures: 5.5 x 8.25 x 2.25 inches.
Approx. weight: 2 pounds.

Note: Du Bois work on the Reconstruction period which began in 1910 when he read a paper on "Reconstruction and its Benefits" before the American Historical Association (American Historical Review, July 1910), culminated with his great work Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 (1935). This book is a comprehensive defense of the role of Negroes and Radical Republicans during Reconstruction and a repudiation of the widespread opinion of the period as a tragic era productive only of evil and corruption. Black Reconstruction and James S. Allen's Reconstruction: The Battle for Democracy, 2865-1876 (1937) published two years later, rescued this period from white historiography and forced American historians to revise and reconsider their biased work on Reconstruction. The 1962-1963 printings are highly sought after re-issues because they brought this foundational text back to academic audiences right before the civil rights era, considered rare, core collector items.

Included: A Souvenir Program in Memory of Dr. William E. Burghardt Du Bois 1868-1963.

New York: Du Bois Memorial Committee, 1963, 1st edition. 4to; 15pp. Memorial booklet, hint of foxing at lower edge of front cover, light age-toned sheets, rear cover earmark at lower corner. Very good. See less