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

Foner, Eric

ISBN 10: 0393358526 / ISBN 13: 9780393358520

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393358526
• ISBN 13: 9780393358520
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

“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.

About the Author

Eric Foner's indelible works include the landmark history, Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution; a bestselling study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, winner of the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes; and an influential history of the Reconstruction amendments, The Second Founding. The DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, Foner continues to write frequently for The Nation and other publications.