Since its publication in 1978, Jay R. Mandle's "The Roots of Black Poverty" has come to be seen as a landmark publication in the study of the political economy of the postbellum South. In "Not Slave, Not Free," Mandle substantially revises and updates his earlier work in light of significant new research. The new edition provides an enhanced historical perspective on the African American economic experience since emancipation. "Not Slave, Not Free" focuses first on rural southern society before World War II and the role played by African Americans in that setting. The South was the least...
Since its publication in 1978, Jay R. Mandle's "The Roots of Black Poverty" has come to be seen as a landmark publication in the study of the politica...
