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A short history of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

By Eric , Foner

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins;Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Year
2015
ISBN
9780062036254, 0062036254, 9780062384072, 0062384074
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5259810 bytes)
Series
Harper Perennial modern classics
Edition
Updated edition
Pages
illustrations, maps\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1865-1877);History;African Americans -- History --African Americans;African Americans--History--1863ARFLGAKYLAMSNCSCTNVAWV);Noirs américains--1863-1877;NON-CLASSIFIABLE;P

Description

From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated AND abridged edition of the prizewinning classic on the post–Civil War period that shaped modern America In this updated edition of the abridged Reconstruction, Eric Foner redefines how the post-Civil War period was viewed. Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white—responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the quest of emancipated slaves searching for economic autonomy and equal citizenship, and describes the remodeling of Southern society, the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations, and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans. This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) remains the...

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