Notes and Misconceptions
This is not a minor historical curiosity. It is one of the sharper American political novels of its period.
Its directness hurt its reception because it was too clear about power, propaganda, and racial violence.
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American classics, race, political violence
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Power, Law, and Social Breakdown
Books about order, procedure, violence, and what happens when public rules stop holding.
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americanracepolitical-violencepost-reconstructionjournalismsocial-novelmedium