The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction / by Mark Wahlgren Summers.
The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction / by Mark Wahlgren Summers.
The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction / by Mark Wahlgren Summers.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
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G 2015/1129
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 517 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- The great unfinished task remaining before us -- When this cruel peace is over -- Restoration, 1865-1866 -- Reconstruction at last, 1865-1867 -- Bottom rail on top, 1867 -- The critical year : 1868 -- Two failed peace policies -- Conquered provinces -- Passage to India : unmanifested...
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently enslaved for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework...
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The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction / by Mark Wahlgren Summers.
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The Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-499) and index.
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G 2015/1129
Record Identifier
74VKOj6MpB0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOj6MpB0X
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ISBN
1469617579 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781469617572 (cloth : alkaline paper)
DDC
973.8
MMS ID
991022612799702626
