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Ending the civil war and consequences for Congress

Title: Ending the civil war and consequences for Congress / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
Publication: Athens, Ohio : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [2019]

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Description

vi, 165 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"The social changes and human and economic costs of the Civil War led to profound legal and constitutional developments after it ended, not least of which were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the many laws devised to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans. These amendments and laws worked for a while, but they were ineffective or ineffectively enforced for more than a century. In Ending the Civil War and the Consequences for Congress, contributors explore how the end of the war both continued the trauma of the conflict and enhanced the potential for the new birth of freedom that Lincoln promised in the Gettysburg Address. Collectively, they bring their multidisciplinary expertise to bear on the legal, economic, social, and political aspects of the aftermath of the war and Reconstruction era. The book concludes with the reminder of how the meaning of the war has changed over time. The Civil War is no longer the "felt" history it once was, Clay Risen reminds us, and despite the work of many fine scholars it remains contested"--

Series Statement

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

Uniform Title

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Paul Finkelman -- "A Hungry Belly and Freedom": Rations, Refugees, and Reconstruction at the End of the Civil War / Carole Emberton -- Federal Prisoners of War and the Long Recovery / Lorien Foote -- When Johnny Came Marching Home, What Did He Find? A Look at the Postbellum U.S. Economy / Jenny Bourne -- An Infamous Disregard? Sherman's March and the Laws of War / Anne Sarah Rubin -- The Fourteenth Amendment and the Joint Committee on Reconstruction / Paul Finkelman -- Historicizing the Politics of Reconstruction: Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2 / Peter Wallenstein -- Sectionalism, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the End of Popular Constitutionalism / William E. Nelson -- The Civil War at 100, the Civil War at 150: Commemoration, Identity, and the Changing Shape of National Memory / Clay Risen.

Call Number

JFE 19-9778

ISBN

9780821423370
0821423371

LCCN

2019004316

OCLC

1051678387

Title

Ending the civil war and consequences for Congress / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.

Publisher

Athens, Ohio : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Finkelman, Paul, 1949- editor.

Kennon, Donald R., 1948- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-9778

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