Historical Methodology Essays -- Racism Literature Books Papers

Historical MethodologyThe eery Career of Jim Crow, by C. Van Woodward, traces the history of race relations in the United States from the mid and late nineteenth century through the 20th century. In doing so Woodward brings to light significant aspects of Reconstruction that remain undiagnosed to many today. He argues that the races were not as separate many concourse believe until the Jim Crow laws. To set up such an rail line, Woodward first outlines the human relationship between Southern and Northern whites, and African Americans during the nineteenth century. He consequently breaks down the details of the injustice brought about by the Jim Crow laws, and outlines the variation in American society from discrimination to Civil Rights. Woodwards argument is very persuasive because he uses specific evidence to support his opinions and to associate his ideas. Con human facering the time period in which the book and its editions were written, it should be praised for it s insight into and digest of the most important social issue in American history.From the get-go of the book, Woodward argues that prior to Jim Crow, segregation in the Southern states was not as bulletproof as many assume. To support this claim he cites Slavery in the Cities, where author Richard C. Wade provides evidence for segregation while at the aforesaid(prenominal) time states that, In every city in Dixieblacks and whites lived side by side, sharing the same premises if not equal facilities and reinforcement constantly in each others presence.1 In the countrified areas during slavery, African Americans and whites also had a large amount of social interaction, because, as Woodward explains, control was best maintained by a large stagecoach of physical contact and association.2 ... ...better in the 1950s. 22 Given the historical context in which the book was written, its popular reception, its persuasiveness, and the realities of the history of race relations which it exposes, the books significance cannot be denied. 1 C. Vann Woodward, The contrary Career of Jim Crow. (Oxford University Press New York, 1955), 14. 2 Woodward, 22.3 Woodward, 19.4 Woodward, 21. 5 Woodward, 37.6 Woodward, 53-54.7 Woodward, 54.8 Woodward, 65.9 Woodward, 69. 10 Woodward, 71.11 Woodward, 72-73.12 Woodward, 130-132.13 Woodward, 81.14 Woodward, 98.15 Woodward, 115.16 Woodward, 118.17 Woodward, 119.18 Woodward, 128.19 Woodward, 174.20 William S. McFeely, The Strange Career of Jim Crow, Afterword, 22421 McFeely, 227.22 McFeely, 224.