Dominican crossroads : H.C.C. Astwood and the moral politics of race-making in the age of emancipation
"Dominican Crossroads explores diplomatic and cultural relations between the Dominican Republic and the United States in the late nineteenth century. Christina Davidson focuses on Henry Charles Clifford (H. C. C.) Astwood, the first Black man to serve as US consul to the Dominican Republic. Bor...
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| Médium: | Livre papier |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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Durham ; London :
Duke University Press
2024.
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Fonds Mirabal |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Davidson, Christina C. Dominican crossroads., Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 |
| Shrnutí: | "Dominican Crossroads explores diplomatic and cultural relations between the Dominican Republic and the United States in the late nineteenth century. Christina Davidson focuses on Henry Charles Clifford (H. C. C.) Astwood, the first Black man to serve as US consul to the Dominican Republic. Born in the British Caribbean, Astwood migrated to the Dominican Republic's northern coast after its War of Restoration against Spain (1863-1865). He then left the island for Reconstruction-era New Orleans where he became a Republican activist and preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Dominican Crossroads tracks the challenges that Astwood faced as a Black politician in an era of rampant racism and ongoing cross-border debate over Black men's capacity for citizenship and political authority. Atwood engaged in the era's "moral politics of race-making"- defined as the purposeful deconstruction and reconstruction of racist moral logic-in order to command political authority. He remains an enigma on the sidelines of US history because of a concerted effort to shield the public from the dealings of a duplicitous middleman whose extraordinary life defied borders of all kinds: national, cultural, racial, and moral"-- |
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| Popis jednotky: | Fonds Mirabal |
| Fyzický popis: | 1 vol. (xxviii-354 p.) : illustrations, cartes ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliografie: | Bibliogr. p. [317]-336. Index. |
| ISBN: | 9781478030942 (br.) 1478030941 9781478026693 (rel.) 1478026693 9781478059929 |