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Foner, Eric, 1943-

A short history of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 / Eric Foner. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, 1990, ©1990. - xvi, 297 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm. - Perennial Library. .

Abridged ed. of: Reconstruction. c1988. Includes index.

With bibliography (p. [261]-275) and index.

The world the war made -- Rehearsals for Reconstruction -- The meaning of freedom -- Ambiguities of free labor -- The failure of Presidential Reconstruction -- The making of radical Reconstruction -- Blueprints for a Republican South -- Reconstruction : political and economic -- The challenge of enforcement -- The Reconstruction of the North -- The politics of depression -- Redemption and after.

Looks at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped the South after the Civil War.

ISBN: 0060964316 9780060964313 0060551828 9780060551827

LCCN: 89045347

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9515339 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans--History--1863-1877.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: E668 / .F662 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 973.8