Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana by Dr David T. Ballantyne H

Description: Fractured Freedoms by Dr David T. Ballantyne, T. Michael Parrish David T. Ballantynes Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study, Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural Reconstruction success story, emphasizing the resilience of Black politics and the persistence of significant divisions among white residents that allowed the Republican Party to gain and maintain power there. It was only with the collapse of state-level Republican power in 1877 that Democratic forces in the parish were able to dismantle local Republican political control and gradually constrict Black freedoms. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David T. Ballantyne is a senior lecturer in American history at Keele University and the author of New Politics in the Old South: Ernest F. Hollings in the Civil Rights Era. Review "A highly anticipated and important contribution to the scholarship on this tumultuous and contentious period in U.S. history. David T. Ballantyne offers original insights and bold conclusions that deserve careful consideration."--John C. Rodrigue, author of Freedoms Crescent: The Civil War and the Destruction of Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley"In Fractured Freedoms, David T. Ballantyne has given us a thought-provoking reinterpretation of Reconstruction. Focusing on Rapides Parish in the geographic center of Louisiana, he shows how Reconstruction was not an inevitable failure but rather a political experiment--in biracial democracy, no less--that might have transformed the South. Deeply researched and elegantly written, this is a compelling and moving story."--Adam Fairclough, author of Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876"In this deeply researched study of central Louisiana, David T. Ballantyne reminds us of Reconstructions many successes--and its ongoing importance to American political history in the twenty-first century. A must-read for all scholars of Reconstruction."--Carole Emberton, author of Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War"Louisiana was at the heart of Reconstruction, and Rapides Parish and Alexandria on the Red River were at the heart of Louisiana. In Fractured Freedoms, David T. Ballantyne has thoroughly and carefully untangled the story of shifting political alignments, halting efforts toward interracial democracy, and the powerful forces arrayed against those efforts."--Bruce E. Baker, coeditor of Remembering Reconstruction: Struggles over the Meaning of Americas Most Turbulent Era Details ISBN0807183032 Author T. Michael Parrish Pages 324 Publisher LSU Press Series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Year 2025 ISBN-13 9780807183038 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2025-02-04 Imprint LSU Press Subtitle Reconstructing Central Louisiana Country of Publication United States Edited by T Michael Parrish Audience General US Release Date 2025-02-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:169290562;

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