Reconstruction
Subtitle: a concise history
By: Allen C. Guelzo
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780190865696
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Social conflict; History
Description: "This concise history delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark on American social fabric. [The author] depicts Reconstruction as a "bourgeois revolution"--As the attempted extension of the free-labor ideology embodied by Lincoln and the Republican Party to what was perceived as a Southern region gone awry from the Founders' intention in the pursuit of Romantic aristocracy"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.