A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

by Eric Foner

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History & Foreign Affairs

Foner's own condensed version of his 1988 magnum opus — the same revisionist argument, made more portable.

Core ideas
  • Same thesis as the full work: Reconstruction was a serious revolutionary project, betrayed by violence and Northern fatigue, not a corrupt embarrassment.
  • Strips out specialist apparatus and keeps the narrative spine and key case studies.
  • Useful as the citable summary version when the 700-page original isn't the right tool.
Published1990
Pages297
ISBN9780060964313
ReadAug 2022
American history, Reconstruction

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