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

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ISBN-10: 0393358526
ISBN-13: 9780393358520
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 08/11/2020
Dimensions: 8.30" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H

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

byEric Foner

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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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Disciplined, powerful and moving.... [An] important book.–Lincoln Caplan "New York Times Book Review"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393358526
ISBN-13: 9780393358520
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 08/11/2020
Dimensions: 8.30" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H
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