Reconstruction
America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
by Eric Foner · first published 1988
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Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery.
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Nice summary! Next read ‘Forever Free’ by Eric Foner to learn about Reconstruction. Those two books should be required reading in American high school history classes.
on “Coming to grips with the American Civil War” ↗…class is primarily expressed in America. There is no way to resolve socioeconomic problems without dealing with race at the same time, clearly demonstrated multiple times in US history. The failure of Reconstruction -- an "Unfinished Revolution" as Eric Foner puts it -- was precisely white workers' rejection of class solidarity with Black workers in favor of post-war white racial reconciliation.
on “Why America will soon see a wave of bank mergers” ↗