{"product_id":"the-world-of-jim-crow-america-a-daily-life-encyclopedia-2-volumes-daily-life-encyclopedias","title":"The World of Jim Crow America: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 Volumes] (Daily Life Encyclopedias)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven A. Reich\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor of history at James Madison University. His published works include Greenwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Black Migration\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis two-volume set is a thematically-arranged encyclopedia covering the social, political, and material culture of America during the Jim Crow Era.\u003cbr\u003eWhat was daily life really like for ordinary African American people in Jim Crow America, the hundred-year period of enforced legal segregation that began immediately after the Civil War and continued until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965? What did they eat, wear, believe, and think? How did they raise their children? How did they interact with government? What did they value? What did they do for fun? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eDaily Life\u003c\/i\u003e encyclopedia explores the lives of average people through the examination of social, cultural, and material history. Supported by the most current research, the multivolume set examines social history topics--including family, political, religious, and economic life--as it illuminates elements of a society's emotional life, interactions, opinions, views, beliefs, intimate relationships, and connections between individuals and the greater world. It is broken up into topical sections, each dealing with a different aspect of cultural life. 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