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The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. 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 understanding of Reconstruction. Historian Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post-Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South, encompassing the significant people and events of this profoundly important era.By weaving together the experiences of real individuals-from a plantation mistress, a Native American warrior, and a labor organizer to Andrew Carnegie, Julia Ward Howe, Booker T. Washington, and Sitting Bull-who lived during the decades following the Civil War and who left records in their own words, Richardson tells a story about the creation of modern America.

A Companion to 19th-Century America is an authoritative overview of current historiographical developments and major themes in the history of nineteenth-century America. Twenty-seven scholars, all specialists in their own thematic areas, examine the key debates and historiography. A thematic and chronological organization brings together the major time periods, politics, the Civil War, economy, and social and cultural history of the nineteenth century. Written with the general reader in mind, each essay surveys the historical research, the emerging concerns, and assesses the future direction of scholarship. * Complete coverage of all the major themes and current debates in nineteenth-century US history assessing the state of the scholarship and future concerns. * 24 original essays by leading experts in nineteenth-century American history complete with up-to-date bibliographies. * Chronological and thematic organization covers both traditional and contemporary fields of research - politics, periods, economy, class formation, ethnicity, gender roles, regions, culture and ideas.

Buried Together is a historical novel based on the true story of Silas Beasley Jr., a conscientious objector, who protected his family following the Civil War. The family was forced to quarantine and Silas had to face the consequences of his decisions.

While the Rest of the Country Enjoyed a Gilded Age, the Deep South Descended into Devastating Poverty The Reconstruction Era--the years immediately following the Civil War when Congress directed the reintegration of the former Confederate states into the Union--remains, as historian Eric Foner suggests, \"America's unfinished revolution.\" But.

A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Reconstruction to become a world power. The single, definitive resource for the latest state of knowledge relating to the history and historiography of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Features contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialties Coverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approaches In today's era, often referred to as a \"second Gilded Age,\" this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary society Fills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections

Osm let prezidentského období U. S. Granta patřilo k nejbouřlivějším obdobím dějin Spojených států. Znovusjednocení Unie, které bylo výsledkem války Severu proti Jihu, otevřelo cestu k mohutnému ekonomickému rozvoji nesenému přinejmenším zčásti výstavbou železniční sítě. Lokomotiva se stala symbolem technického pokroku, který umožnil vytvoření obrovského trhu pro zemědělské i průmyslové produkty, vyráběné s pomocí řady vynálezů měnících kardinálně život všech vrstev společnosti. Příležitosti se chopily nejen tisíce farmářů, dělníků či inženýrů, ale také politici a podvodníci. „Pozlacený věk“, jak nazývali tuto dobu už současníci, tedy charakterizovala také nebývalá korupce, s níž těžce zápasily úřady, nucené věnovat pozornost i konfliktu indiánských obyvatel země a bílé společnosti, posilované stále proudem přistěhovalců. Autor se věnuje prakticky všem aspektům života v dané době, ať již ve městě, či na venkově. Čtenář se může seznámit například s tehdejšími hygienickými podmínkami, provozem domácnosti i kulturními možnostmi. Text je doprovázen stovkami dobových ilustrací, přibližujících skutečnou podobu Ameriky 70. let 19. století.

This fascinating account tells what the Sioux were like when they first came to their reservation and how their reaction to the new system eventually led to the last confrontation between the Army and the Sioux at the Battle of Wounded Knee Creek. A classic work, it is now available with a new preface by the author that discusses his current thoughts about a tragic episode in American history that has raised much controversy through the years. Praise for the earlier edition:\"History as lively and gripping as good fiction.\"\"One of the finest books on the Indian wars of the West.\"--Montana \"A well-told, easily read account that will be the standard reference for this phase of the Indian 'problem.'\"--American Historical Review\"A major job . . . magnificently researched.\"--San Francisco Chronicle\"By far the best treatment of the complex and controversial relationship between the Sioux and their conquerors yet presented and should be must reading for serious students of Western Americana.\"--St. Louis Dispatch (on the earlier edition)Winner of the Buffalo Award

The pivotal era of Reconstruction has inspired an outstanding historical literature. In the half-century after W.E.B. DuBois published Black Reconstruction in America (1935), a host of thoughtful and energetic authors helped to dismantle racist stereotypes about the aftermath of emancipation and Union victory in the Civil War. The resolution of long-running interpretive debates shifted the issues at stake in Reconstruction scholarship, but the topic has remained a vital venue for original exploration of the American past. In Reconstructions: New Perspectives on the Postbellum United States, eight rising historians survey the latest generation of work and point to promising directions for future research. They show that the field is opening out to address a wider range of adjustments to the experiences and effects of Civil War. Increased interest in cultural history now enriches understandings traditionally centered on social and political history. Attention to gender has joined a focus on labor as a powerful strategy for analyzing negotiations over private and public authority. The contributors suggest that Reconstruction historiography might further thrive by strengthening connections to such subjects as western history, legal history, and diplomatic history, and by redefining the chronological boundaries of the postwar period. The essays provide more than a variety of attractive vantage points for fresh examination of a major phase of American history. By identifying the most exciting recent approaches to a theme previously studied so ably, the collection illuminates the creative process in scholarly historical literature.

After more than a century of failure, Congress now stands closer than ever to making lynching a federal crime. As the pending legislation acknowledges, at least 4,742 people were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968, but Congress continually declined to pass any of the nearly 200 bills introduced during those decades.