The Invisible Empire (Library of Southern Civilization) by Tourgee, Albion Winegar - 1989

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Paperback. Introduction and notes by Otto H. Olsen. 8vo. Stiff brown glossy wrappers. 166pp. Illustrations. Fine. A tight, attractive second softbound printing -- a facsimile of this 1880 study of white supremacy in the South after the Civil War. A volume in editor Lewis P. Simpson's "The Library of Southern Civilization" series.

Louisiana State University Press, 2001-11-30. Paperback. Used:Good.

LSU Press, 1989-03-31. paperback. New. 4x0x7.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Invisible Empire: A Concise Review of the Epoch.

Paperback / softback. New. The North Carolina carpetbagger Albion Winegar Tourgee came to the South in 1865 after serving as a Union volunteer during the Civil War. His struggles in the cause of civil rights led him to take part in the political reorganisation of the region. However, in 1879, Tourgee despaired of his efforts in the South and returned to the North. There he published A Fool's Errand, a largely autobiographical novel that depicted a southern society dominated by the Ku Klux Klan and riddled with racism, ignorance, and corrupt policies. Within a year of the release of A Fool's Errand, Tourgee published The Invisible Empire, a nonfiction account of his years in the South intended to buttress the portrait of Reconstruction southern society he had depicted in his novel. The Invisible Empire investigates white supremacy as it emerged from the milieu of slavery, war, politics, and Reconstruction. Tourgee argues that organisations such as the Klan appealed to the mass of white… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. The North Carolina carpetbagger Albion Winegar Tourgee came to the South in 1865 after serving as a Union volunteer during the Civil War. His struggles in the cause of civil rights led him to take part in the political reorganisation of the region. However, in 1879, Tourgee despaired of his efforts in the South and returned to the North. There he published A Fool's Errand, a largely autobiographical novel that depicted a southern society dominated by the Ku Klux Klan and riddled with racism, ignorance, and corrupt policies. Within a year of the release of A Fool's Errand, Tourgee published The Invisible Empire, a nonfiction account of his years in the South intended to buttress the portrait of Reconstruction southern society he had depicted in his novel. The Invisible Empire investigates white supremacy as it emerged from the milieu of slavery, war, politics, and Reconstruction. Tourgee argues that organisations such as the Klan appealed to the mass of white… Read More

LSU Press, 1989-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!