| Description |
xlii, 690 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Perennial classics |
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Perennial classic.
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New American nation series.
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| Note |
Original edition published: New York : Harper & Row, 1988. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-641) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface. Introduction to the 2014 anniversary edition. 1. The world the war made 1 -- 2. Rehearsals for reconstruction 35 -- 3. The meaning of freedom 77 -- 4. Ambiguities of free labor 124 -- 5. The failure of presidential reconstruction 176 -- 6. The making of radical reconstruction 228 -- 7. Blueprints for a republican south 281 -- 8. Reconstruction: political and economic 346 -- 9. The challenge of enforcement 412 -- 10. The reconstruction of the north 460 -- 11. The politics of depression 512 -- 12. Redemption and after 564 -- Epilogue: "the river has its bend" 602. |
| Summary |
Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery. |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
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| Genre |
History.
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| ISBN |
9780062354518 |
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0062354515 |
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