Reconstruction after the Civil War, Third Edition (The Chicago History of American Civilization)

Reconstruction after the Civil War explores the role of former slaves during this period in American history. Looking past popular myths and controversial scholarship, John Hope Franklin uses his astute insight and careful research to provide an accurate, comprehensive portrait of the era. His arguments concerning the brevity of the North’s occupation, the limited power wielded by former slaves, the influence of moderate southerners, the flawed constitutions of the radical state governments, and the downfall of Reconstruction remain compelling today. This new edition of Reconstruction after the Civil War also includes a foreword by Eric Foner and a perceptive essay by Michael W. Fitzgerald.

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• Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
• A Short History of Reconstruction, Updated Edition (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
• The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
• The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
• But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)
• For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (Women in American History)
• Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
• The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism