Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877This "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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It was in the army that large numbers of former slaves first learned to read and
write, either from teachers employed by Northern aid societies or in classrooms
and literary clubs established and funded by the soldiers themselves. "A large ...
It was in the army that large numbers of former slaves first learned to read and
write, either from teachers employed by Northern aid societies or in classrooms
and literary clubs established and funded by the soldiers themselves. "A large ...
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The policy of transforming slaves into paid workers on Louisiana's sugar
plantations, under conditions mandated by the army, was initiated in 1862 by
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. A response to the flight of slaves from the plantations
and the ...
The policy of transforming slaves into paid workers on Louisiana's sugar
plantations, under conditions mandated by the army, was initiated in 1862 by
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. A response to the flight of slaves from the plantations
and the ...
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Here, the army's first concern was not the labor system per se, but the masses of
slaves who fled to Union lines. In November 1862 General Grant had appointed
John Eaton, a Dartmouth graduate and former superintendent of schools in ...
Here, the army's first concern was not the labor system per se, but the masses of
slaves who fled to Union lines. In November 1862 General Grant had appointed
John Eaton, a Dartmouth graduate and former superintendent of schools in ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - busterrll - LibraryThingGood book but hard reading Wish I had a better knowledge of reconstruction politics. Spot read after a bit, but full of information. Will save and try to reread after reading more on Pres.Johnson. Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - DarthDeverell - LibraryThingEric Foner begins with an assessment of the historiography up to 1988. In the first decade of the 1900s, William Dunning and John W. Burgess articulated a history of Reconstruction that condemned ... Leer comentario completo
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