A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition]
By Eric Foner · 2015
- About this editionISBN: 9780062384072, 0062384074Page count: 320Published: January 6, 2015Format: E-bookPublisher: Harper Perennial Modern ClassicsLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Eric Foner
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, ...
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