Reconstruction

When it was originally published in 1988, the book made history. It redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in chronicling how Americans — black and white — responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It has since become the classic work on the wrenching post-Civil War period — an era whose legacy reverberates still today in the United States.

Endorsements

"Masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" — New Republic

"Smart book of enormous strengths" — Boston Globe