This book has the potential to be a model for future history books that target a broader audience. The New York Times Book ReviewFoner delves deeply into the politics of the time, to be sure, but he spends much more time showing how political decisions affected real people. Foner traces the lines of race and politics that run from Reconstruction to the age of segregation to the civil rights movement to our own time.
The Washington Post Book WorldPassionate, lucid, concise without being light. Review Quotes A highly readable story of black Americans ongoing heroic struggle for freedom. Richly illustrated and movingly written, this is an illuminating and essential addition to our understanding of this momentous era.
He compellingly refutes long-standing misconceptions of Reconstruction, and shows how the failures of the time sowed the seeds of the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s. We see African Americans as active agents in overthrowing slavery, in shaping Reconstruction, and creating a legacy long obscured and misunderstood. Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Eric Foner places a new emphasis on black experiences and roles during the era. Book Synopsis From one of our most distinguished historians comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War. Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Foner compellingly refutes long-standing misconceptions of Reconstruction, and shows how the failures of the time sowed the seeds of the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s. |a Initial Bemis load m2btab.test019 in 2019.About the Book From a distinguished historian comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War. |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1865-1900. |a United States |x Race relations |x History |0 |y 19th century. |a United States |x History |y Civil War, 1861-1865 |x African Americans. |a Slaves |x Emancipation |z United States. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index. Almond & Stephen Brier, senior producers Christine Doudna, editor." |a xxx, 268 pages : |b illustrations |c 25 cm |a Forever free : |b the story of emancipation and Reconstruction / |c by Eric Foner illustrations edited and with commentary by Joshua Brown.
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