Reconstruction: A Concise History

by Allen C. Guelzo

Book Overview

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew Johnson over just what to do with the South. Johnson's plan of Presidential Reconstruction, which was sympathetic to the former Confederacy and allowed repressive measures such as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190865695
• ISBN13: 9780190865696
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"