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Published by Francis Parkman Prize Edition History Book Club, 2003
ISBN 10: 0739481096ISBN 13: 9780739481097
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well, answers may be filled in. Lastly, may be missing components, e.g. missing DVDs, CDs, Access Code, etc.
Published by Francis Parkman Prize Edition / History Book Club, 2005
ISBN 10: 0965727009ISBN 13: 9780965727006
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Reissue. Jacket spine head bumped. 2005 Hard Cover. xv, 454 pp. In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; they were elected to the presidency of the United States under that Constitution for thirty-two of the first thirty-six years of its existence. They were all slaveholders. In the new preface Edmund S. Morgan writes: "Human relations among us still suffer from the former enslavement of a large portion of our predecessors. The freedom of the free, the growth of freedom experienced in the American Revolution depended more than we like to admit on the enslavement of more than 20 percent of us at that time. How republican freedom came to be supported, at least in large part, by its opposite, slavery, is the subject of this book. American Slavery, American Freedom is a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the keys to this central paradox, "the marriage of slavery and freedom," in the people and the politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the Revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country.
Published by Francis Parkman Prize Edition History Book Club, 2003
ISBN 10: 0739481096ISBN 13: 9780739481097
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Binding clean & crisp. Dj has minor wear to edges. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover.
Published by Francis Parkman Prize Edition History Book Club, New York, 2005
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near fine'Near fine-- Bright and attractive hardcover with dust jacket. 2005. Francis Parkman Prize edition history book club. Very nice copy.
Published by New York: Francis Parkman Prize Edition, History Book Club, ()., 2005
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Octavo, black & burgundy boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xxvii, 690 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: Drawn from his extensive research into manuscript collections, official archives, personal papers, and scores of previously untapped resources, Eric Foner presents in Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863 - 1877 the definitive account of the turbulent period when Americans -- both black and white -- responded to the unprecedented social, political, and economic changes unleashed by the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Whether measured by the dreams inspired by emancipation or the more limited goals of securing blacks' rights as citizens and free laborers, Foner writes, "Reconstruction can only be judged a failure." Exploring a number of key elements quest for ecautonomy and poloitical equality; the remodeling of Southern society and the new place of planters, merchants, and small farmers; the evolution of racial attitudes; the emergence of a new national state with vast powers; the impact of changes in the North's economy on the South -- Foner illuminates every aspect of Reconstruction, revealing how and why this revolutionary undertaking ended in failure. In the process, Foner illuminates hundreds of fascinating aspects of this epochal time, including the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, Abraham Lincoln's views of Reconstruction, the framing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the origins of "carpetbaggers" and "Scalawags," the active role of blacks in all aspects of Reconstruction, and much more. A towering achievement in historical scholarship and a major addition to American letters, Reconstruction has both expanded and redefined our understanding of the violent and controversial years after the Civil War, whose contested legacy still shapes American society. United States History, U. S. History, American History, Americana, U.S.-iana, Reconstruction, Civil War. yslic.
Published by FRANCIS PARKMAN PRIZE EDITION/HISTORY BOOK CLUB, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 0965385906ISBN 13: 9780965385909
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Various (illustrator). CLEAN COPY.