Title Intimate reconstructions : children in postemancipation Virginia / Catherine A. Jones

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (1 oonline resource (287 pages)) : illustrations Series A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era Nation divided. Contents The Persistence of Insecurity : Children in the Transition from War to Peace -- Recovering Freed Children and Recuperating Kinship -- White Children and the Intimate Landscape of Defeat -- Public Children : Contemptible Garrotters, Pitiable Orphans, and Pliable Workers -- Creating Confederate Orphans : Reconstructing History, Race, and Duty -- Children, Schools, and the Post-Reconstruction Future of the Public Summary "This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Children -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Children -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century African American children -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Children, White -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Freed persons -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) African American children Children Children -- Social conditions Children, White Freed persons Race relations SUBJECT Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Children Subject United States Virginia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1322490929 9781322490922 9780813936765 0813936764 9780813836768 081383676X 9780813936758 0813936756

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