Reconstruction: a concise history

"This concise history delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark on American social fabric. [The author] depicts Reconstruction as a "bourgeois revolution"...

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1. Verfasser: Guelzo, Allen C. 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:"This concise history delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark on American social fabric. [The author] depicts Reconstruction as a "bourgeois revolution" ... as the attempted extension of the free-labor ideology embodied by Lincoln and the Republican Party to what was perceived as a Southern region gone awry from the Founders' intention in the pursuit of Romantic aristocracy"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vii, 180 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190865696