{"product_id":"the-business-of-bigotry-john-van-evries-nineteenth-century-racist-media-empire-paperback","title":"The Business of Bigotry: John Van Evrie's Nineteenth-Century Racist Media Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael E. Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid nineteenth-century America's fierce battles over slavery and freedom, few proslavery partisans argued more vehemently for the supremacy of the white race than John Van Evrie (1814-96). A New York-based propagandist, writer, book publisher, and editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Day Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Van Evrie leveraged the era's rapidly expanding media and communications landscape to advance his cause. Throughout his career, he promoted pseudoscientific justifications for racism, proclaimed slavery as beneficial to society, and created a media network criticizing abolitionists, Republicans, and Democrats alike. Despite the Civil War's defeat of Van Evrie's cause, his success in cultivating an audience and market for his views allowed him to continue publishing during Reconstruction, rallying support among white readers for policies and practices that would continue to subordinate Black Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing Van Evrie's failures and chilling successes over a career of some forty years, Michael E. Woods reveals the stunning resilience of racist ideology before and after the Civil War. In doing so, Woods demonstrates how the era's print media, business systems, and political alliances allowed ideas like Van Evrie's to flourish, even as Reconstruction promised a new birth of freedom for Americans of all races.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael E. Woods is Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56371142066481,"sku":"9781469696768","price":56.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/aHZW4zC1dD9781469696768.webp?v=1789793587","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-business-of-bigotry-john-van-evries-nineteenth-century-racist-media-empire-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}