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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.8 EAN: 9780060964313 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0060964316 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: January 10, 1990 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: January 10, 1990 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Shorter version of the standard history of ReconstructionThis is a condensed version of Foner's longer on Reconstruction, the period which followed the Civil War, during which America and the South struggled to to re-define their world with slavery ended. The story is pretty simple. When Lincoln freed the slaves, he did so as a war measure intended to help the North win the war. He had not given much thought to how to deal with black freedom, and he was killed before he had much chance to think about it. He was followed by Andrew Johnson, as President, ... Read More Rating:  - Dense and slightly rushed, but satisfying, account of Reconstruction, 1865-1877A truly fascinating time in American history, the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) is not something that enough of us are familiar enough with. Foner presents a clean account of the period leading from the closing years of the war through 1877 and the Compromise that settled the Election of 1876 that many historians regard as the end of Reconstruction, and a mark of its failure. Foner seems to make this argument, although other historians contend that Reconstruction ended in 1873 with the Colfax Massacre ... Read More Rating:  - A Communist Republican?This is probably the most scurrilous work of history I've ever read. First, the north did want revenge on the South, and boy did they ever get it. The average Southerner, both white and black, had a lower life expectancy, and poverty levels were higher, at the eve of WWII than they were in 1861. The master class of the antebellum South comprised some of the most literate people to be found anywhere; classical education in Latin and Greek was the norm. Despite a substantially smaller population, many ... Read More Rating:  - One of the most influential books in American History!Eric Foner's "Short History" of Reconstruction has radically changed how the period is taught at the high school and university levels. Before Foner, the majority of texts treated the Reconstruction as a period of corruption and revenge against the south. (See for instance, the early editions of Thomas Bailey's "The American Pageant" for such a treatment.) Foner successfully showed how Reconstruction was America's great revolution, and opened up debate on whether it was successful. Some reviewers ... Read More Rating: - Solid Historical WorkIf you want to know about the country and politics after the Civil War, read Foner's book. This book opened my eyes to the ins and outs of the South after the Civil War, and all the good and bad that happened. It was another example of how government has trouble living up to its promises. JVD 
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