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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... looked at paintings; and listened to music. As I did so, the world I saw around me appeared very di√erent from the one I had read about in history books. Most histories of ''Reconstruction'' focus on the South and its morass of racial ...
... looked at paintings; and listened to music. As I did so, the world I saw around me appeared very di√erent from the one I had read about in history books. Most histories of ''Reconstruction'' focus on the South and its morass of racial ...
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... looked like to nineteenth-century Americans. In order to do that, I have attempted to avoid portraying the era as one of abstract Forces—industry, labor, su√ragists, immigrants, African Americans—conflicting over Big Issues. I have ...
... looked like to nineteenth-century Americans. In order to do that, I have attempted to avoid portraying the era as one of abstract Forces—industry, labor, su√ragists, immigrants, African Americans—conflicting over Big Issues. I have ...
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... looked around them and saw that the realities of human nature and a capitalist economy meant that there would always be propertyless people dependent on others. Poor voters would corrupt the republic, it seemed, for they would be ...
... looked around them and saw that the realities of human nature and a capitalist economy meant that there would always be propertyless people dependent on others. Poor voters would corrupt the republic, it seemed, for they would be ...
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... looked out into the darkness of the early dawn to see the flickering campfires of the troops bivouacked in sweeping circles around the city. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps They have builded Him an altar ...
... looked out into the darkness of the early dawn to see the flickering campfires of the troops bivouacked in sweeping circles around the city. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps They have builded Him an altar ...
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... looked to the government for a living, cementing their loyalty to the Union and becoming dependent on tax dollars for their livelihood. By the end of the war, northerners had died for their government, sacrificed for it, benefited from ...
... looked to the government for a living, cementing their loyalty to the Union and becoming dependent on tax dollars for their livelihood. By the end of the war, northerners had died for their government, sacrificed for it, benefited from ...
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