{"product_id":"9780062384072_a-short-history-of-reconstruction-updated-edition","title":"A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the “preeminent historian of Reconstruction” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), an updated abridged edition of \u003ci\u003eReconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e, the prize-winning classic work of Civil War history on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white—responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery, a pivotal era in African American history. It addresses the quest of emancipated slaves’ searching for economic autonomy and equal citizenship, and describes the remodeling of Southern society; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and one committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis “masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history” (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e) remains the standard work on the wrenching post-Civil War period—an era of Southern history whose legacy still reverberates in the United States today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoner’s definitive account examines every facet of this transformative period in U.S. history:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Centrality of the Black Experience:\u003c\/b\u003e Follows the quest of emancipated slaves for economic autonomy and equal citizenship, treating them as active agents in the making of a new America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Remodeled Southern Society:\u003c\/b\u003e Investigates the evolution of racial attitudes, complex patterns of race relations, and the emergence of a new class structure from the ashes of the Old South.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rise of the National State:\u003c\/b\u003e Traces the emergence of a national government with vastly expanded authority, committed for a time to the principle of equal rights for all Americans.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Definitive Historical Account:\u003c\/b\u003e Draws on the latest scholarship to overturn outdated interpretations and provide the standard work on one of the most complex and controversial eras of the American past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eric Foner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908374778005,"sku":"9780062384072","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062384072_50449102-125b-4f73-b1f9-376a51d8fb1f.jpg?v=1776890142","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062384072_a-short-history-of-reconstruction-updated-edition","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}