Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
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. "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," praised PW .Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.