West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil WarYale University Press, 28 Mar 2007 - 416 halaman “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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... Washington, and Sioux leader Sitting Bull, among others, fulfilled my requirements; labor pioneer William Sylvis, who died in 1869, and leading black politician W. Beverly Nash, who left few records, did not. As I researched these ...
... Washington, and Sioux leader Sitting Bull, among others, fulfilled my requirements; labor pioneer William Sylvis, who died in 1869, and leading black politician W. Beverly Nash, who left few records, did not. As I researched these ...
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... Washington, passing throngs of ''young men hurrying to the nearest enlistment place, and anxious only lest there be no room left for them in the regiments hastily forming.'' Volunteers poured into state militias to put down the bullying ...
... Washington, passing throngs of ''young men hurrying to the nearest enlistment place, and anxious only lest there be no room left for them in the regiments hastily forming.'' Volunteers poured into state militias to put down the bullying ...
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... Washington became the center of the war e√ort, and people reoriented their thinking about the government as their sons, brothers, and husbands camped in the unfinished Capitol, guarded the heights above the city, or languished in ...
... Washington became the center of the war e√ort, and people reoriented their thinking about the government as their sons, brothers, and husbands camped in the unfinished Capitol, guarded the heights above the city, or languished in ...
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... Washington to help organize telegraph communications, a task that took eight months of such intense work that Carnegie's health broke down. Women, too, began to work directly for the government, as ''government girls'' kept records and ...
... Washington to help organize telegraph communications, a task that took eight months of such intense work that Carnegie's health broke down. Women, too, began to work directly for the government, as ''government girls'' kept records and ...
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... Washington, D.C., and although Schurz had resigned his commission, he rushed to the city nonetheless, proud to have served with ''those valiant hosts swinging in broad-fronted column down Pennsylvania Avenue ...—the men nothing but bone ...
... Washington, D.C., and although Schurz had resigned his commission, he rushed to the city nonetheless, proud to have served with ''those valiant hosts swinging in broad-fronted column down Pennsylvania Avenue ...—the men nothing but bone ...
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