Democracy Reborn The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America

Name: Democracy Reborn The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America
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ISBN: 9780805086638

ISBN-10: 0805086633

ISBN-13: 9780805086638

Edition: N/A

Authors: Garrett Epps

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"Engaging . . . With a novelist's eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . . enthralling book."--"David W. Blight, Chicago Tribune""" The last battle of the Civil War wasn't fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock coats. Yet it was war all the same--a desperate struggle for the soul and future of the new American Republic that was rising from the ashes of Civil War. It was the battle that planted the seeds of democracy, under the bland heading "Amendment XIV." Scholars call it the "Second Constitution." Over time, the Fourteenth Amendment--which at last provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any state…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Prologue: Philadelphia 1787: Red Sky at Morning



The Brave Tailor



Dark Wisdom



Turns in the South



The Mighty Heart of the World



This Good Right Hand



Birth of a Nation



The Jeweled Word



The Ugliest American



The Prospect of a Good Long Life



Not Among Angels



A Union of Truly Democratic States


Afterword: The Second Constitution



United States Constitution, Amendment XIV


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index