The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
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“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times 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.
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- ISBN13 9780393652581
- Released 2019
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Format Elektronisk medie
- Language English