Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) made history when it was originally published in 1988. It redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in its chronicling of how Americans -- black and white --...
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This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) made history when it was originally published in 1988. It redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in its chronicling of how Americans -- black and white -- responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. This "smart book of enormous strengths" (Boston Globe) has since gone on to become the classic work on the wrenching post-Civil War period -- an era whose legacy reverberates still today in the United States.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060937164 (0060937165)
Publish date: February 5th 2002
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages no: 736
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
African American,
Politics,
American History,
19th Century,
Military History,
Civil War,
American Civil War,
Race
Series: The New American Nation Series
Foner’s task in this book is to retell the story of Reconstruction, and take it back from a “fraternity of professional historians,” who rewrote history, to the profession’s “everlasting shame.” Another must-read book for students of American History. And really, read the long version.
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