Research Catalog

Title

Reconstruction / Claudine L. Ferrell.

Author

Ferrell, Claudine L., 1950-

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

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Details

Description

xix, 220 pages, [7] pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "Few periods in American history have aroused as much debate as the years immediately after the Civil War, those commonly referred to simply as "Reconstruction." The victorious North had to determine how to treat the vanquished South and how to make a nation whole once again. The divisive issues of freedom and civil rights became even more complex than before the War and dominated national politics. Also at stake was the balance of power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Before it was all over, a president was impeached (though not convicted), and a rigorous plan for Reconstruction was enacted, then allowed to fade as white Southerners regained power and instituted repressive Jim Crow governments.
• This resource provides an overview essay on the period, six essays on various aspects of Reconstruction, a section of biographies of important players, and selected and introduced primary documents."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, 1538-442X

Uniform Title

Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.

Subjects

• United States
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• 1865-1877
• History
• Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.

Contents

Chronology of events -- Forming battle lines: the president, the south, and Congress, 1865-1866 -- Taking aim at the south and a president: congressional Reconstruction, 1867-1869 -- Fading dreams: congressional Reconstruction ends, 1869-1877 -- Fighting old and new enemies: the south, 1865-1877 -- There was more to Reconstruction than reconstruction: non-southern issues -- Concluding interpretive essay -- Biographies: the personalities of Reconstruction -- Primary documents of Reconstruction.

Call Number

E668

ISBN

• 0313320624
• 9780313320620

LCCN

2003042077

OCLC

54990414

Author

Ferrell, Claudine L., 1950-

Title

Reconstruction / Claudine L. Ferrell.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, 1538-442X

Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.

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Chronological Term

1865-1877

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG E668 .F39 2003