West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil WarYale University Press, 2007 M03 28 - 416 pages “This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics” (Publishers Weekly). The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. In many ways, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners forged a national identity that united three very different regions into a country that could become a world power. A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this engaging book tracks the formation of the American middle class while stretching the boundaries of our understanding of Reconstruction. Historian Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post–Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South. By weaving together the experiences of real individuals who left records in their own words—from ordinary Americans such as a plantation mistress, a Native American warrior, and a labor organizer, to prominent historical figures such as Andrew Carnegie, Julia Ward Howe, Booker T. Washington, and Sitting Bull—Richardson tells a story about the creation of modern America. |
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... Forces—industry, labor, su√ragists, immigrants, African Americans—conflicting over Big Issues. I have written this book as a narrative history about the experiences of a number of actual Amer- icans who lived in the era from 1865 to ...
... Forces—industry, labor, su√ragists, immigrants, African Americans—conflicting over Big Issues. I have written this book as a narrative history about the experiences of a number of actual Amer- icans who lived in the era from 1865 to ...
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... force the nationalization of slavery. The spread of slavery would destroy the free labor system at the base of ... forces a small band of anti-slavery men faithfully fighting the battle of freedom and civilization. I saw the decisive ...
... force the nationalization of slavery. The spread of slavery would destroy the free labor system at the base of ... forces a small band of anti-slavery men faithfully fighting the battle of freedom and civilization. I saw the decisive ...
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... forces, he battled Indians and white bandits on the Texas border and on the plains, mastering the wilderness skills he had first picked up as a boy on the Texas frontier and honed while ... force that they could go through a ≥∂ Spring 1865.
... forces, he battled Indians and white bandits on the Texas border and on the plains, mastering the wilderness skills he had first picked up as a boy on the Texas frontier and honed while ... force that they could go through a ≥∂ Spring 1865.
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The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War Heather Cox Richardson. them with such force that they could go ... forces led by famous frontiersman Kit Carson attacked a Kiowa-Apache village on the Canadian River in the Texas ...
The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War Heather Cox Richardson. them with such force that they could go ... forces led by famous frontiersman Kit Carson attacked a Kiowa-Apache village on the Canadian River in the Texas ...
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... force both southern states and the former Confederacy to default on debts they had contracted during the war and, by ruining their credit, should destroy future secessionists' ability to finance another rebellion.) This meant a virtual ...
... force both southern states and the former Confederacy to default on debts they had contracted during the war and, by ruining their credit, should destroy future secessionists' ability to finance another rebellion.) This meant a virtual ...
Contents
A New Middle Ground | |
Years of Unrest | |
Years of Consolidation | |
The Struggle Renewed | |
The Final Contest | |
Reunion | |
Epilogue | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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