Reconstruction Era Reference Library: 3 Volume Set Plus Index (Reconstruction Era Reference Library S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787692166 ISBN 13: 9780787692162

Publisher: U.X.L., 2004

Synopsis

The three-volume Reconstruction Era Reference Library provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Almanac covers the political and social aspects of Reconstruction, including carpetbaggers and scalawags, amnesty for white Southerners, Black Codes, the impeachment of President Johnson, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to restore the old order in the South and much more.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Biographies examines key figures from the era, such as Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Edwin M. Stanton, Charles Sumner and many others.

Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Primary Sources includes rich source material, including the Civil Rights Act, Freedmans Bureau Law, diaries of former slaves, the Reconstruction Act of 1867 and more.

For table of contents, sample pages or other volume specific information see the entry for the Almanac, Biographies or Primary Sources. 01

About this title

Synopsis

Chronicles and interprets an era in US history directly following the Civil War. Reconstruction was a federal policy from 1865 to 1877 intended to restore the relationship between the former Confederate states and the Federal Union and reestabish the Southern economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: U.X.L.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787692166
• ISBN 13: 9780787692162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Baker Lawrence W, Matuz Roger, Grumet Bridget Hall, Howes Kelly King