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Although the origins, application, and socio-historical implications of the Jim Crow system have been studied and debated for at least the last three-quarters of a century, nuanced understanding of this complex cultural construct is still evolving, according to Stephanie Cole and Natalie J. Ring, coeditors of The Folly of Jim Crow: Rethinking the Segregated South.
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"This remarkable collection of insightful essays takes the reader deep inside the Jim Crow South to reveal new elements in the history of segregation--its creation, its workings, the power relations it supported, and its legacy. The implications challenge us to rethink broad questions of racial inequality not just in the South, but also in the United States as a whole."--Laura F. Edwards, Professor of History, Duke University, author of The People and Their Peace: Legal Culture and the Transformation of Inequality in the Post-Revolutionary South
--Laura Edwards (12/9/2011 12:00:00 AM)