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American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Interview with Drew Gilpin Faust, historian, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 2 of 2 / [produced by WGBH].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Women--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women.
- Southern States--History--1865-1877.
- Southern States.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--19th century.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Unedited footage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Interview with Drew Gilpin Faust, historian, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2 of 2
- Reconstruction, the second Civil War
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Faust talks about the impact of the civil war on women, Confederacy as godliness, white south and lost honor, fear of retribution from former slaves, women honoring those killed in the war, United Daughters of the Confederacy, support for Confederate veterans, "The Burial of Latane" by William Washington, Lost Cause in the South, Hammond plantation.
- Participant:
- Drew Gilpin Faust, interviewee.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 1009099299
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