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West from Appomattox The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War

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ISBN-10: 0300136307

ISBN-13: 9780300136302

Edition: 2008

Authors: Heather Cox Richardson

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The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.nbsp; Instead, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners gradually hammered out a national identity that united three regions into a country that could become a world power. Ultimately, the story of Reconstruction is about how a middle class formed in America and how its members defined what the nation would stand for, both at home and abroad, for the next century and beyond. A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this engaging book stretches the boundaries of our…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.17" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Heather Cox Richardsonis Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author ofWest from Appomattox;The Greatest Nation of the Earth; andThe Death of Reconstruction. She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.