The World The Civil War Made (The Steven And Janice Brose Lectures In The Civil War Era)

This provocative collection boldly rewrites the way we understand the United States in the post-Civil War era. The editors argue for thinking beyond the traditional framework of Reconstruction and considering, instead, regionally interconnected struggles over the capacity of the federal government (which they term a Stockade State) and over the boundaries of coercion in the aftermath of slavery--

• • Author: Gregory P. Downs, Kate Masur
• • Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
• • Publication Date: Sep 14, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 392 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1469624184
• • ISBN-13: 9781469624181