The wars of Reconstruction the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury
cop. 2013
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| Edición: | First U.S. edition |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991006467939708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue: Robert Vesey's Charleston
- "An eagle on his button": Black men fight for the union
- "To forget and forgive old scores": war's end, activism's beginning
- "All de land belongs to de yankees now": the Freedmen's Bureau
- "The Lord has sent us books and teachers": missionaries and community formation
- "We will remember our friends, and will not forget our enemies": black codes and black conventions
- "Andrew Johnson is but one man": the Progressive Alliance coalesces
- "We knows that much better than you do": voting rights and political service
- "An absolute massacre": white violence and the end of Reconstruction in the South
- "We shall be recognized as men": the Reconstruction Era in memory
- Epilogue: the spirit of freedom monument.
