The Rural Face of White Supremacy

Now in paperback, The Rural Face of White Supremacy presents a detailed study of the daily experiences of ordinary people in rural Hancock County, Georgia. Drawing on his own interviews with over two hundred black and white residents, Mark Schultz argues that the residents acted on the basis of personal rather than institutional relationships. As a result, Hancock County residents experienced more intimate face-to-face interactions, which made possible more black agency than their urban counterparts were allowed. While they were still firmly entrenched within an exploitive white supremacist culture, this relative freedom did create a space for a range of interracial relationships that included mixed housing, midwifery, church services, meals, and even common-law marriages.

ISBN	025207436X	Pages	336
ISBN13	9780252074363 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	University of Illinois Press	Weight (grammes)	508
Imprint	University of Illinois Press	Published in	Baltimore
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	228
Publication date	04 May 2007	Width (mm)	167
Library of Congress	F292	Spine width (mm)	22
DEWEY	305.8009758623	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

"An unusually rich and dense portrait... Schultz's compelling, detailed account illuminates the basic fact of southern history: the two races have always been inextricably bound together." The Atlantic Monthly "Historians and general readers will profit from this rich work. Essential." Choice

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