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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... insisting that no people were as generous as scholars. I was skeptical, but the last few years have proved him right. Colleagues and friends have nurtured this book from the time of my first e-mail to Jim Huston, asking if the project ...
... insisting that no people were as generous as scholars. I was skeptical, but the last few years have proved him right. Colleagues and friends have nurtured this book from the time of my first e-mail to Jim Huston, asking if the project ...
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... insisted on government limitations. Instead, the process was a complicated story in which sectional animosities, racial tensions, industrialization, women's activism, and westward expansion cut across party lines to create both a new ...
... insisted on government limitations. Instead, the process was a complicated story in which sectional animosities, racial tensions, industrialization, women's activism, and westward expansion cut across party lines to create both a new ...
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... insisting instead that the government should promote the good of all Americans. By skillfully defining those who believed in economic and social harmony—themselves—as true Americans rather than a special interest, while denigrating ...
... insisting instead that the government should promote the good of all Americans. By skillfully defining those who believed in economic and social harmony—themselves—as true Americans rather than a special interest, while denigrating ...
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... insisted.∞∂ White southerners believed in 1860 that ''fools and fanatics of the North,'' the radical abolitionists who were determined to achieve black freedom at any cost, sought to destroy the southern system. The dramatic growth of ...
... insisted.∞∂ White southerners believed in 1860 that ''fools and fanatics of the North,'' the radical abolitionists who were determined to achieve black freedom at any cost, sought to destroy the southern system. The dramatic growth of ...
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... insisted upon South Carolina's state sovereignty and the right of secession to protect the South's slave system. By February 1, the six states of the lower South—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had followed ...
... insisted upon South Carolina's state sovereignty and the right of secession to protect the South's slave system. By February 1, the six states of the lower South—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had followed ...
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