Ryan M. Poe,

Please note: Ryan has left the "History" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Carr Building
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.ryanmpoe.com/

Education:

MA	University of Arkansas	2010
BA	University of Arkansas	2008

Specialties:

Politics, Public Life and Governance
Labor and Working Class History
Race and Ethnicity
Legal History

Research Interests: US South, Emancipation, Race, Law, Labor, Space, Inequality

Current projects: (Dissertation, tentative title.) "Gilded Proprietors and Propertied Patriarchs: Property as Power in, Post-Emancipation Richmond"

I use local court records to examine the changes in property as power and social order before and after the US Civil War. I focus on Richmond, Virginia, and the thriving African American community before and after emancipation.

Areas of Interest:

US South
19th Century
Race
Law
Labor

Keywords:

race • labor • united states • reconstruction • south • gilded age • law • property • gender

Curriculum Vitae