Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in

Description: Too Great a Burden to Bear by Christopher B. Bean This work focuses on Bureau agents at a more personal level. The answers illuminate who officials believed qualified–or not–to oversee the freedpeoples transition to freedom. Officials in Texas desired those able to meet emancipations challenges. That meant northern-born, mature, white men from the middle and upper-middle class, and generally with military experience. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmens Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureaus personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the "hearts of Reconstruction." Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents.Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeoples transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agencys policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage. Author Biography Christopher B. Bean is Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies at East Central University, Oklahoma. Table of Contents Introduction 1. "A Stranger Amongst Strangers": Who Were the Subassistant Commissioners? 2. "The Post of Greatest Peril": The E. M. Gregory Era, September 1865-April 1866 3. Conservative Phoenix: The J. B. Kiddoo Era, May 1866-Summer 1866 4. Bureau Expansion, Bureau Courts, and the Black Code: The J. B. Kiddoo Era, Summer 1866-November 1866 5. The Bureaus Highwater Mark: The J. B. Kiddoo Era, November 1866-January 1867 6. "They Must Vote with the Party That Shed Their Blood ... In Giving Them Liberty": Bureau Agents, Politics, and the Bureaus New Order: The Charles Griffin Era, January 1867-Summer 1867 7. Violence, Frustration, and Yellow Fever: The Charles Griffin Era, Summer-Fall 1867 8. General Orders No. 40 and the Freedmens Bureaus End: The J. J. Reynolds Era, September 1867-December 1868 Conclusion: The Subassistant Commissioners in Texas Appendix A Appendix B Notes Bibliography Index Review "Rooted in bureau, census, and military records, Beans research is nothing short of exhaustive...this is a solid study-accessibly written and deftly argued." -- -Dr. Brlan Matthew Jordan Civil War News "Christopher Beans Too Great a Burden to Bear makes a significant contribution to Reconstruction studies. Deftly combining storytelling with systematic quantitative analyses of the evidence, Bean offers new information, not just on the agents themselves, but also on the largest issues in Reconstruction historiography." -- -J. William Harris Long Description In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmens Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureaus personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the "hearts of Reconstruction." Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents. Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeoples transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agencys policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage. Review Text "Christopher Beans Too Great a Burden to Bear makes a significant contribution to Reconstruction studies. Deftly combining storytelling with systematic quantitative analyses of the evidence, Bean offers new information, not just on the agents themselves, but also on the largest issues in Reconstruction historiography." --J. William Harris Review Quote Steeped in Reconstruction historiography, Beans work aims to replace stereotypes of agents as either occupying carpetbaggers or corrupt and colluding oppressors of freedpeople. Details ISBN0823271765 Author Christopher B. Bean Short Title TOO GRT A BURDEN TO BEAR Pages 320 Publisher Fordham University Press Language English ISBN-10 0823271765 ISBN-13 9780823271764 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Series Reconstructing America Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmens Bureau in Texas Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2016-07-01 UK Release Date 2016-07-01 AU Release Date 2016-07-01 NZ Release Date 2016-07-01 US Release Date 2016-07-01 Illustrator Natsuko Porcino Edited by Richard G. Olmstead Birth 1974 Death 1908 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications S. J. DEWEY 305.89607307 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137970003;

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