Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877Harper Collins, 2011 M12 13 - 736 páginas From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America, with a new introduction from the author. Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined 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 ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction; the remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans. This "smart book of enormous strengths" (Boston Globe) remains the standard work on the wrenching post-Civil War period—an era whose legacy still reverberates in the United States today. |
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... Sherman encountered a black Georgian who summed up the slaves' understanding of the war from its outset: “He said ... he had been looking for the 'angel of the Lord' ever since he was kneehigh, and, though we professed to be fighting ...
... Sherman in defending the new currency and banking systems, “ought to be to make everything national as far as possible; to nationalize our country so that we shall love our country.” Within Congress, Sherman's broad nationalism was ...
... Sherman and his 60,000man army, dealt slavery its death blow in the heart of Georgia and added a new dimension to the already perplexing land question. Having captured Atlanta in September 1864, Sherman set out two months later on his ...
... Sherman's orders, attempted to drive them away. “They flock to me, old and young,” wrote Sherman from Savannah, “they pray and shout and mix up my name with Moses, and Simon ... as well as 'Abram Linkom', the Great Messiah of 'Dis ...
... Sherman to oversee the implementation of his order, informed a large gathering of blacks “that they were to be put in possession of lands, upon which they might locate their families and work out for themselves a living and ...
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Ambiguities of Free Labor | |
The Failure of Presidential Reconstruction | |
The Making of Radical Reconstruction | |
Blueprints for a Republican South | |
The Challenge of Enforcement | |
The Reconstruction of the North | |
The Politics of Depression | |
Redemption and After | |
Epilogue | |
Index | |
Acknowledgments | |
Political and Economic | |