Ordeal of the Reunion
«An overall framework for understanding the key problems of the period. . . . This is an important book, providing food for thought, if only because, tonally as well as substantively, it offers a counterpoint to the dominant narrative." - Journal of the Civil War Era
"A valuable resource for scholars who teach in the field of Reconstruction." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"No short review can do this rich book justice." - Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"Summers's rich and careful new history of Reconstruction stands out in a crowded field....[His] mastery of the sources has allowed him to write an impressively thorough history of the period, and to pull together diverse strains with uncommon sophistication." - H-Net Reviews
"Readers interested in Reconstruction will find Summers' book to be a rollicking, deeply researched overview....[A] colorful guide to the politics of the era." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Summers has devoted almost half a century to a study of the period, and it shows." - Blue & Gray Magazine
"Effectively captures the turmoil and frustrations of the era. . . . [and] shows how economic woes affected Reconstruction's prospects." - Publishers Weekly
"Skillfully written and a benefit to students, scholars, and those fascinated with the postwar years." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"A superb spinner of tales. . . . An important book, full of details and insights, and it deserves serious attention." - Journal of Southern History
"Marvelously written." - CHOICE
"A new narrative of the period featuring novel interpretations and sparkling insight." - North Carolina Historical Review»
For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently emancipated for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Les mer
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Summers depicts not just a heroic, tragic moment with equal rights advanced and then betrayed but a time of achievement and consolidation, in which nationhood and emancipation were placed beyond repeal and the groundwork was laid for a stronger, if not better, America to come.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781469664071
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«An overall framework for understanding the key problems of the period. . . . This is an important book, providing food for thought, if only because, tonally as well as substantively, it offers a counterpoint to the dominant narrative." - Journal of the Civil War Era
"A valuable resource for scholars who teach in the field of Reconstruction." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"No short review can do this rich book justice." - Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"Summers's rich and careful new history of Reconstruction stands out in a crowded field....[His] mastery of the sources has allowed him to write an impressively thorough history of the period, and to pull together diverse strains with uncommon sophistication." - H-Net Reviews
"Readers interested in Reconstruction will find Summers' book to be a rollicking, deeply researched overview....[A] colorful guide to the politics of the era." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Summers has devoted almost half a century to a study of the period, and it shows." - Blue & Gray Magazine
"Effectively captures the turmoil and frustrations of the era. . . . [and] shows how economic woes affected Reconstruction's prospects." - Publishers Weekly
"Skillfully written and a benefit to students, scholars, and those fascinated with the postwar years." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"A superb spinner of tales. . . . An important book, full of details and insights, and it deserves serious attention." - Journal of Southern History
"Marvelously written." - CHOICE
"A new narrative of the period featuring novel interpretations and sparkling insight." - North Carolina Historical Review»