About the book
Amid nineteenth-century America’s fierce battles over slavery and freedom, few proslavery partisans argued more vehemently for the supremacy of the white race than John Van Evrie (1814–96). A New York–based propagandist, writer, book publisher, and editor of the New York Day Book, Van Evrie leveraged the era’s rapidly expanding media and communications landscape to advance his cause. Throughout his career, he promoted pseudoscientific justifications for racism, proclaimed slavery as beneficial to society, and created a media network criticizing abolitionists, Republicans, and Democrats alike. Despite the Civil War’s defeat of Van Evrie’s cause, his success in cultivating an audience and market for his views allowed him to continue publishing during Reconstruction, rallying support among white readers for policies and practices that would continue to subordinate Black Americans.
Tracing Van Evrie’s failures and chilling successes over a career of some forty years, Michael E. Woods reveals the stunning resilience of racist ideology before and after the Civil War. In doing so, Woods demonstrates how the era’s print media, business systems, and political alliances allowed ideas like Van Evrie’s to flourish, even as Reconstruction promised a new birth of freedom for Americans of all races.
Editions of The Business of Bigotry
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469696751
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469696768
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469695747
- PDF
- ISBN 9781469696775
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Amid nineteenth-century America’s fierce battles over slavery and freedom, few proslavery partisans argued more vehemently for the supremacy of the white race than John Van Evrie (1814–96). A New York–based propagandist, writer, book publisher, and editor of the New York Day Book, Van Evrie leveraged the era’s rapidly expanding media and communications landscape to advance his cause. Throughout his career, he promoted pseudoscientific justifications for racism, proclaimed slavery as beneficial to society, and created a media network criticizing abolitionists, Republicans, and Democrats alike. Despite the Civil War’s defeat of Van Evrie’s cause, his success in cultivating an audience and market for his views allowed him to continue publishing during Reconstruction, rallying support among white readers for policies and practices that would continue to subordinate Black Americans.
Tracing Van Evrie’s failures and chilling successes over a career of some forty years, Michael E. Woods reveals the stunning resilience of racist ideology before and after the Civil War. In doing so, Woods demonstrates how the era’s print media, business systems, and political alliances allowed ideas like Van Evrie’s to flourish, even as Reconstruction promised a new birth of freedom for Americans of all races.
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What is The Business of Bigotry about?
Amid nineteenth-century America’s fierce battles over slavery and freedom, few proslavery partisans argued more vehemently for the supremacy of the white race than John Van Evrie (1814–96). A New York–based propagandist, writer, book publisher, and editor of the New York Day Book, Van Evrie leveraged the era’s rapidly expanding media and communications landscape to advance his cause. Throughout his career, he promoted pseudoscientific justifications for racism, proclaimed slavery as beneficial to society, and created a media network criticizing abolitionists, Republicans, and Democrats alike. Despite the Civil War’s defeat of Van Evrie’s cause, his success in cultivating an audience and market for his views allowed him to continue publishing during Reconstruction, rallying support among white readers for policies and practices that would continue to subordinate Black Americans.
Tracing Van Evrie’s failures and chilling successes over a career of some forty years, Michael E. Woods reveals the stunning resilience of racist ideology before and after the Civil War. In doing so, Woods demonstrates how the era’s print media, business systems, and political alliances allowed ideas like Van Evrie’s to flourish, even as Reconstruction promised a new birth of freedom for Americans of all races.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Business of Bigotry?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social and ethical issues > Social discrimination and social justice
Where can I read a sample of The Business of Bigotry?
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How long is The Business of Bigotry and how many pages does it have?
The Business of Bigotry has 348 page(s)
Is The Business of Bigotry part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Civil War America
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Business of Bigotry?
Michael E. Woods
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Business of Bigotry is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469696751) and paperback(ISBN 9781469696768) and ebook(ISBN 9781469695747) and pdf(ISBN 9781469696775)
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