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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Wilm, Julius |
| Title, Monographic | Ein deutscher Revolutionaer im Amt. Carl Schurz und der Niedergang der Minderheitenrechte in den USA der 1870er-Jahre |
| Place of Publication | Oldenbourg |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Date of Publication | 2024 |
| Extent of Work | 78 pages, illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series Title | Dialektik des Globalen |
| Series Vol. ID | 12 |
| OCLC | 1419447087 |
| Abstract | This German monograph uses previously unknown sources to paint a more nuanced picture of the later political activism of Carl Schurz, placing his proposals in the larger debate on the proper shape and extent of democracy in the 1870s United States. Starting in 1870, as a US senator, Schurz opposed civil rights protection for formerly enslaved African Americans in the southern states. From 1877, as US Secretary of the Interior, he initiated harsh forced assimilation policies against Indigenous peoples. Although Schurz's proposals anticipated government policies of later decades, his efforts to reduce the rights of African Americans and Indigenous peoples still met with broad resistance. |
| Donated by | Julius Wilm. |
| Call Number | MKI E 664 .S39 W5 2024 |
| MKI Terms | Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906/ Unites States -- History/ 19th century/ Native Americans/ Politics |