Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction

by Allen C Guelzo and Allen C. Guelzo

Book Overview

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Among its chief failures was the inability to chart a progressive course for race relations after the abolition of slavery and rise of Jim Crow. Reconstruction also struggled to successfully manage the Southern resistance towards a Northern, free-labor pattern. But the failures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190454792
• ISBN13: 9780190454791
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.8"