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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... popular battle song became a justification for the war. It also illustrated just how profoundly the struggle was strengthening the national government.≥Ω The changes began as Lincoln called the Thirty-Seventh Congress into emergency ...
... popular battle song became a justification for the war. It also illustrated just how profoundly the struggle was strengthening the national government.≥Ω The changes began as Lincoln called the Thirty-Seventh Congress into emergency ...
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... popular lore for never losing a battle to the white man. The relationship of these two men symbolized the mixed history of warfare, cooperation, and cultural exchange between western Indians and eastern interlopers. Quanah's mother, the ...
... popular lore for never losing a battle to the white man. The relationship of these two men symbolized the mixed history of warfare, cooperation, and cultural exchange between western Indians and eastern interlopers. Quanah's mother, the ...
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... the Sand Creek Massacre. Congressmen demanded an investigation of ''the condition of the Indian tribes and their treatment by the civil and military authorities of the United States.'' Popular anger was directed at ≥∏ Spring 1865.
... the Sand Creek Massacre. Congressmen demanded an investigation of ''the condition of the Indian tribes and their treatment by the civil and military authorities of the United States.'' Popular anger was directed at ≥∏ Spring 1865.
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... Popular anger was directed at the Indian agency system, whose infamous corruption seemed to inflame Indian troubles. Under this system, Indian agents appointed by the president were charged with caring for a tribe by spending its ...
... Popular anger was directed at the Indian agency system, whose infamous corruption seemed to inflame Indian troubles. Under this system, Indian agents appointed by the president were charged with caring for a tribe by spending its ...
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... popular black newspaper the New Orleans Black Republican revealed white anxieties. The viciously racist ''Black Republican and O≈ce-Holder's Journal'' insisted that black Americans were determined to take political o≈ce in order to ...
... popular black newspaper the New Orleans Black Republican revealed white anxieties. The viciously racist ''Black Republican and O≈ce-Holder's Journal'' insisted that black Americans were determined to take political o≈ce in order to ...
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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