Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780062035868
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Reconstruction eraEmancipation and race relationsPost-Civil War politics
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1989)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryWon(1988)
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(1989)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1988)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1988)
Other awarded books from Eric Foner
- The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
- The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
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