The Reconstruction Presidents

by Brooks D. Simpson

Book Overview

During and after the Civil War, four presidents faced the challenge of reuniting the nation and of providing justice for black Americans--and of achieving a balance between those goals. This first book to collectively examine the Reconstruction policies of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes reveals how they confronted and responded to the complex issues presented during that contested era in American politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608966
• ISBN13: 9780700608966
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"