The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution - Paperback

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The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution - Paperback

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution - Paperback

by Eric Foner
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by Eric Foner (Author)

An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.

Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: August 11, 2020
ISBN9780393358520
Author Eric Foner
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreNews & politics, History, and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages304
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Eric Foner

Eric Foner is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His special area of study has been the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. Among his dozen books is Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, widely considered to be the definitive work on Reconstruction, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for History, the Bancroft Prize, and the Parkman Prize, among other honors. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 2000 and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1989. He reviews books frequently for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

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