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Why Reconstruction Matters.
・ISBN 978-0-300-27656-5 hard US$ 26.00
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| 著者・編者 | Downs, Gregory P. / Masur, Kate, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Why X Matters S.) |
| 出版社 | (Yale University Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2027 |
| ページ数 | 320 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A05-74658＞ |
解説
A sweeping, ground-level reinterpretation arguing that Reconstruction both created the country we live in and sparked the battles that threaten to engulf it today
Far from a brief epilogue to slavery's end, Reconstruction was an era of epochal change. Emancipation transformed everyday life for nearly four million formerly enslaved Black southerners who became architects of freedom: creating independent institutions, organizing mass political movements, and, with white allies, driving the passage and implementation of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments that established birthright citizenship, equal protection, and voting rights. This is the constitutional framework that structures American democracy today.
Taking readers on a site-seeing journey across the South's commemorative landscape, Downs and Masur ground the narrative in nine distinct places that show Americans' struggles to deliver on the most egalitarian promises of the Founding era, including
* Green-Meldrim House in Savannah, where Major General William T. Sherman was headquartered and met with local Black leaders
* First African Church in Richmond, a center for Black politics and community-building
* Grant Parish Courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, site of the massacre of dozens of Black men
* Beaufort Naval Hospital in South Carolina, location of a January 1, 1863 meeting where formerly enslaved soldiers urged a large crowd to fight for complete freedom and equality.
This accessible narrative shows how Reconstruction both created the country we live in today and sparked the battles that threaten to engulf it.