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From one of our most distinguished historians comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War. Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Eric Foner places a new emphasis on black experiences and roles during the era. We see... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Mississippi Valley
- United States
- Louisiana
- America
- Georgia
- Charleston
- Washington
- Africa
- Union
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Tennessee
- Florida
- North Carolina
- Richmond
- Alabama
- Philadelphia
- New Orleans
- Maryland
- White House
- Texas
- Savannah
- Pennsylvania
- Reconstruction
- Kentucky
- Atlantic
- Europe
- Missouri
- Beaufort
- Kansas
- Sea Islands
- Born
First Sentence edit
The struggle for equality in America, like that of the ancient Israelites, is of biblical proportions.
Table of Contents edit
Forward
Seeing Race and Rights: A Note about the Visual Essays
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Peculiar Institution
Visual Essay: True Likenesses
Chapter 2: Forever Free
Visual Essay: Re-visions of War
Chapter 3: The Meanings of Freedom
Visual Essay: Altered Relations
Chapter 4: An American Crisis
Chapter 5: The Tocsin of Freedom
Visual Essay: On the Offensive
Chapter 6: The Facts of Reconstruction
Visual Essay: Countersigns
Chapter 7: The Abandonment of Reconstruction
Visual Essay: Jim Crow
Epilogue: The Unfinished Revolution
Bibliography for Further Reading
Bibliiography for the Visual Essays
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eric Foner (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0375702741
Page Count: 268
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0375702741
Page Count: 268
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.8
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Reconstruction
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › History › Military
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