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Reconstruction : a concise history / Allen C. Guelzo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guelzo, Allen C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This concise history delves into the constitutional, political, and social issues behind Reconstruction to provide a lucid and original account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark on American social fabric. [The author] depicts Reconstruction as a "bourgeois revolution" -- as the attempted extension of the free-labor ideology embodied by Lincoln and the Republican Party to what was perceived as a Southern region gone awry from the Founders' intention in the pursuit of Romantic aristocracy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-086571-7
- 0-19-086570-9
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