The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution - Couverture souple

Foner, Eric

 
9780393358520: The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

Synopsis

An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eric Foner's indelible works include the landmark history, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution; a bestselling study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, winner of the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes; and an influential history of the Reconstruction amendments, The Second Founding. The DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, Foner continues to write frequently for The Nation and other publications.

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9780393652574: The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0393652572 ISBN 13 :  9780393652574
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2019
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