TY - JOUR
AU - Frantz, Edward O.
AB - 1264 The Journal of American History March 2013 but it does not appear to be systematic. For Jim Crow Citizenship: Liberalism and the South- instance, Woodrow Wilson is at various times ern Defense of Racial Hierarchy.ByMarek D. treated as the protypical white southern pro- Steedman. (New York: Routledge, 2012. xiv, gressive, but Steedman also must admit that 200 pp. $125.00.) the president “certainly did not run as a white Southern Progressive in 1912” (p. 129). At Marek D. Steedman’s Jim Crow Citizenship is no point does he mention that Wilson’s polit- the type of book that historians tend not to ical identity—if not his personal or intellec- write. It is ambitiously conceived, as the author tual identity—was associated with New Jersey. attempts to ground white southern progressive Steedman’s ambitious attempt has merit. ideology within the legacy of the antebellum Historians who are able to get past the meth- South. He takes on a vast agenda in an incredi- odology and what can best be described as an bly condensed fashion. The result is a book egocentric style of writing, will find that Steed- that asks more questions than it answers and man has made a number of useful insights 
TI - Jim Crow Citizenship: Liberalism and the Southern Defense of Racial Hierarchy
JF - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.1093/jahist/jas517
DA - 2013-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/jim-crow-citizenship-liberalism-and-the-southern-defense-of-racial-rIMwnGdAG7
SP - 1264
EP - 1264
VL - 99
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -