Description
Summers depicts not just a heroic, tragic moment with equal rights advanced and then betrayed but a time of achievement and consolidation, in which nationhood and emancipation were placed beyond repeal and the groundwork was laid for a stronger, if not better, America to come.
About the Author
Mark Wahlgren Summers is professor of history at the University of Kentucky and author of A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction.
Reviews
An overall framework for understanding the key problems of the period. . . . This is an important book, providing food for thought, if only because, tonally as well as substantively, it offers a counterpoint to the dominant narrative." - Journal of the Civil War Era
"A valuable resource for scholars who teach in the field of Reconstruction." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"No short review can do this rich book justice." - Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"Summers's rich and careful new history of Reconstruction stands out in a crowded field....[His] mastery of the sources has allowed him to write an impressively thorough history of the period, and to pull together diverse strains with uncommon sophistication." - H-Net Reviews
"Readers interested in Reconstruction will find Summers' book to be a rollicking, deeply researched overview....[A] colorful guide to the politics of the era." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Summers has devoted almost half a century to a study of the period, and it shows." - Blue & Gray Magazine
"Effectively captures the turmoil and frustrations of the era. . . . [and] shows how economic woes affected Reconstruction's prospects." - Publishers Weekly
"Skillfully written and a benefit to students, scholars, and those fascinated with the postwar years." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"A superb spinner of tales. . . . An important book, full of details and insights, and it deserves serious attention." - Journal of Southern History
"Marvelously written." - CHOICE
"A new narrative of the period featuring novel interpretations and sparkling insight." - North Carolina Historical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781469664071
Author Mark Wahlgren Summers
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 333g