Stephen Kantrowitz 's Ben Tillman the Reconstruction of White Su-premacy is not a traditional biography of South Carolina's demagogic "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman. Rather, it is an intellectual history that focuses on Tillman' s ideas about southern society and politics at the end of the nineteenth century and on his use of the idea of white supremacy to shore up his state's Democratic party. As a result, the . Chiefly, however, as the book’s title suggests, Kantrowitz concentrates on Ben Tillman’s vision of methodically “reconstructing” whites’ undisputed supremacy, something lost during. Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (), South Carolina's self-styled agrarian rebel, this .
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) - Kindle edition by Kantrowitz, Stephen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies). Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy explores through rich primary sources the decisive stages of this pioneering demagogue's career: first as a political terrorist; then as a. Stephen Kantrowitz does not like the subject of his book "Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy" and there is a great deal not to like about Tillman. Tillman was a demagogue to be sure who led efforts to support segregation and ensure that African-Americans could not vote.
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. Through the life of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (), South Carolina's self-styled agrarian rebel, this book traces the history of white male. As an anti-Reconstruction guerrilla, Democratic activist, South Carolina governor, and U.S. senator, Tillman offered a vision of reform that was proudly white supremacist. In the name of white male militance, productivity, and solidarity, he justified lynching and disfranchised most of his state's black voters. His arguments and accomplishments rested on the premise that only productive and virtuous white men should govern and that federal power could never be trusted. In Ben Tillman's world, white men had to take up arms against such threats. In theory, the inculcation of "the sturdy virtues of the soldier" provided "a strong guaranty against the effeminate influences of an easy life, and the erect and manly discipline of military life elevates the character and pride of a man.".
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