Describes the Reconstruction period, including the North's occupation of the South, influences of former slaves and moderate southerners, and flaws of the constitutions drawn up by state governments.
The First Southern Strategy (1986); Erwin S. Bradley, The Triumph of Militant Repuhlicanisin (1964); Richard 0. Curry, Radicat'isnt, Racism, and Party Realignment: The Border States During Raconstruction (1969); David Herbert Donald, ...
Author Marsha Ziff highlights the people and events involved in this turbulent period, examining the frustration and the determination of African Americans as they began their journey out of the ruins of slavery and the Civil War toward ...
A work that stands along as well as in proud accompaniment to the temporary collection, it will appeal to general readers and assist instructors of both new and seasoned students of the Civil War and its tumultuous aftermath.
Moneyhon looks at the reasons Reconstruction failed to live up to its promise.
Morris, ed., Encyclopedia of American History, pp. 251–52. Ellis Paxton Oberholtzer, A History of the United States Since the Civil War, vol. 3 (New York: Macmillan, 1926), pp. 144–61. McDonald, Whiskey Ring, pp. 17–18, 139–40, 338–46.
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In the summer of 1868, a mere three years after the end of Americas most destructive military struggle, the country was at war again.
This book is developed from RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY to allow republication of the original text into ebook, paperback, and trade editions.
This engaging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Reconstruction, historical memory, and popular culture.
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.