Reconstruction Era Reference Library: 3 Volume set plus Index

ISBN 10: 0787692166 / ISBN 13: 9780787692162

Published by U-X-L, 2004

About this Item

Three volumes, plus index. A former library set with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Excellent condition for former library books. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The bindings are tight and all pages are present. Do not appear to have come with dustjackets originally. The pages appear unmarked. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconstruction Era Reference Library: 3 Volume set plus Index
• Publisher: U-X-L
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787692166
• ISBN 13: 9780787692162
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

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

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.