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A short history of Reconstruction, 1863-1877, Eric Foner - updated edition

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Looks at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped the South after the Civil War

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The world the war made -- Rehearsals for Reconstruction -- The meaning of freedom -- Ambiguities of free labor -- The failure of presidential Reconstruction -- The making of radical Reconstruction -- Blueprints for a Republican South -- Reconstruction : political and economic -- The challenge of enforcement -- The Reconstruction of the North -- The politics of depression -- Redemption and after -- Epilogue: "The river has its bend."

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