{"product_id":"2940169577051","title":"Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe period following the Civil War was one of the most controversial eras in American history. This comprehensive account of the period captures the drama of those turbulent years that played such an important role in shaping modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Foner brilliantly chronicles how Americans, black and white, responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery. He provides fresh insights on a host of other issues, including\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ways in which the emancipated slave¿s quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbraham Lincoln¿s attitude toward Reconstruction;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of ¿carpet-baggers¿ and ¿scalawags;¿ and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of violence in the period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ¿smart book of enormous strengths¿ (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) has become the classic work on the wrenching post¿Civil War period, an era whose legacy reverberates in the United States to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100481962224,"sku":"2940169577051","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169577051_p0.jpg?v=1769897009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169577051","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}