The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy

The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy
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Publisher : Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1940457467
ISBN-13 : 9781940457468
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy by : Facing History and Ourselves

provides history teachers with dozens of primary and secondary source documents, close reading exercises, lesson plans, and activity suggestions that will push students both to build a complex understanding of the dilemmas and conflicts Americans faced during Reconstruction.

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 772
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ISBN-10 : 9780684856575
ISBN-13 : 0684856573
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by : W. E. B. Du Bois

The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780190865696
ISBN-13 : 0190865695
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Reconstruction by : Allen C. Guelzo

Allen C. Guelzo's Reconstruction: A Concise History is a gracefully written interpretation of Reconstruction as a spirited struggle to reintegrate the defeated Southern Confederacy into the American Union after the Civil War, to bring African Americans into the political mainstream of American life, and to recreate the Southern economy after a Northern free-labor model.

Slavery by Another Name

Slavery by Another Name
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Publisher : Icon Books
Total Pages : 429
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ISBN-10 : 9781848314139
ISBN-13 : 1848314132
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Slavery by Another Name by : Douglas A. Blackmon

A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 742
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ISBN-10 : 9780062035868
ISBN-13 : 006203586X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Reconstruction by : Eric Foner

From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America, with a new introduction from the author. Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed. 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. This "smart book of enormous strengths" (Boston Globe) remains the standard work on the wrenching post-Civil War period—an era whose legacy still reverberates in the United States today.

Voices from the Reconstruction Years, 1865-1877

Voices from the Reconstruction Years, 1865-1877
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Publisher : Cengage Learning
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105023127553
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices from the Reconstruction Years, 1865-1877 by : Glenn M. Linden

VOICES FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION YEARS, 1865-1877 is a collection of twenty-seven first-hand accounts from those who lived through this turbulent period in American history. Newspaper articles, personal letters, and diary entries bring the reader into direct contact with some of the Americans who were deeply affected by the Reconstruction era. Chronologically arranged and framed with invaluable commentary and biographical sketches, this text offers unique insight into the heroic personalities and devistating aftermath of the Reconstruction period.

From Slavery to Freedom: Narrative Of The Life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk. Illustrated

From Slavery to Freedom: Narrative Of The Life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk. Illustrated
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Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:SMP2200000182241
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis From Slavery to Freedom: Narrative Of The Life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk. Illustrated by : Frederick Douglass

African American history is the part of American history that looks at the past of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States. Most African Americans are descended from Africans who were brought directly from Africa to America and became slaves. The future slaves were originally captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlantic slave trade. Our collection includes the following works: Narrative Of The Life by Frederick Douglass. The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Powerful by portrayal of the brutality of slave life through the inspiring tale of one woman's dauntless spirit and faith. Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Washington rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. He describes events in a remarkable life that began in slavery and culminated in worldwide recognition. The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Contents: 1. Frederick Douglass: Narrative Of The Life 2. Harriet Ann Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 3. Booker Taliaferro Washington: Up From Slavery 4. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9780393652581
ISBN-13 : 0393652580
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution by : Eric Foner

“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.

The Republic for which it Stands

The Republic for which it Stands
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 964
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ISBN-10 : 9780199735815
ISBN-13 : 0199735816
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Republic for which it Stands by : Richard White

The newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded Age, along with Reconstruction--its conflicts, rapid and disorienting change, hopes and fears--formed the template of American modernity.

A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition]

A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition]
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 321
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062384072
ISBN-13 : 0062384074
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition] by : Eric Foner

From the “preeminent historian of Reconstruction” (New York Times Book Review), an updated abridged edition of Reconstruction, the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America. 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 quest of emancipated slaves’ searching for economic autonomy and equal citizenship, and describes the remodeling of Southern society; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and one committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans. This “masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history” (New Republic) remains the standard work on the wrenching post-Civil War period—an era whose legacy still reverberates in the United States today.