Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (First Edition, First Printing)

Foner, Eric

ISBN 10: 0060158514 / ISBN 13: 9780060158514

Published by Harper & Row, 1988

About this Item

Excellent First edition, First Printing of this definitive one-volume history of the Reconstruction Era. Has the original $29.95 price is intact on the front flap of dust jacket. First Edition statement and number line including 1 on the copyright page. 690 pages, dark blue cloth, illustrated. Has a bit of foxing on the page edges. Otherwise, no sign of previous use.

Seller Inventory # 016686

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060158514
• ISBN 13: 9780060158514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Describes the changes brought about by the Civil War, discusses the impact of slavery's end, and looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of Reconstruction

Reviews

With the Confederacy's defeat, Reconstruction seemed like the dawn of a new era to blacks and progressive whites, but it was not to be. The Panic of 1873 (called "the Great Depression" until the 1930s) shattered hopes for a modernized and prosperous Southern economy. By 1870 the Ku Klux Klan had entrenched itself in nearly every Southern state, targeting black schools and churches. Many Northern philanthropists vigorously opposed integration; politicos rose to power by playing upon voters' prejudices; patronage, racism and corruption were rampant. Despite its failures, Reconstruction initiated a massive experiment in interracial democracy, and as Foner demonstrates, blacks, far from being passive victims, helped set the political and economic agenda. This invaluable, definitive history re-creates the post-Civil War period as a pivotal drama in which ordinary people get equal billing with politicians and wheelers and dealers. Foner, who teaches at Columbia, is author of Nothing but Freedom and editor of America's Black Past.
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