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The Wars of Reconstruction

The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era

By: Douglas R. Egerton

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The Wars of Reconstruction

The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era

By: Douglas R. Egerton

A groundbreaking new history, telling the stories of hundreds of African-American activists and officeholders who risked their lives for equality-in the face of murderous violence-in the years after the Civil War. By 1870, just five years after Confederate surrender and thirteen years after the Dred Scott decision ruled blacks ineligible for citizenship, Congressional action had ended slavery and given the vote to black men. That same year, Hiram Revels and Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African-American U.S. senator and congressman respectively. In South Carolina, only twenty years after the death of arch-secessionist John C. Calhoun, a black man, Jasper J. Wright, took a seat on the state's Supreme Court. Not even the most optimistic abolitionists thought such milestones would occur in their lifetimes. The brief years of Reconstruction marked the United States' most progressive moment prior to the civil rights movement. Previous histories of Reconstruction have focused on Washington politics. But in this sweeping, prodigiously researched narrative, Douglas Egerton brings a much bigger, even more dramatic story into view, exploring state and local politics and tracing the struggles of some fifteen hundred African-American officeholders, in both the North and South, who fought entrenched white resistance. Tragically, their movement was met by ruthless violence-not just riotous mobs, but also targeted assassination. With stark evidence, Egerton shows that Reconstruction, often cast as a “failure” or a doomed experiment, was rolled back by murderous force. The Wars of Reconstruction is a major and provocative contribution to American history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608195740

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Year of Meteors

Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War

By: Douglas R. Egerton

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Year of Meteors

Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election That Brought on the Civil War

By: Douglas R. Egerton

“Egerton tells the story of the dissolution of the Union as it should be told, not from the perspective of those looking back on the crisis, but from the clouded vision of those who lived through it.” -Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution and Civil War Wives In early 1860, pundits across America confidently predicted the election of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential race. Douglas, after all, was a national figure, a renowned orator, and led the only party that bridged North and South. But his Democrats fractured over the issue of slavery, creating a splintered four-way race that opened the door for the upstart Republicans, exclusively Northern, to steal the Oval Office. Dark horse Abraham Lincoln-not the first choice even of his own party-won the presidency with a record-low share of the popular vote. His victory instantly triggered the secession crisis. With a historian's keen insight and a veteran political reporter's eye for detail, Douglas R. Egerton re-creates the cascade of unforeseen events that confounded political bosses, set North and South on the road to disunion, and put not Stephen Douglas but his greatest rival in the White House. Year of Meteors delivers a vibrant cast of characters-from the gifted, flawed Douglas to the Southern “fire-eaters,” who gleefully sabotaged their own party, to the untested Abraham Lincoln-and a breakneck narrative of this most momentous year in American history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608193519

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Gabriel's Rebellion

The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802

By: Douglas R. Egerton

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Gabriel's Rebellion

The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802

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Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802

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0807844225

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Making America: A History of the United States, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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Making America: A History of the United States, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

MAKING AMERICA: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, BRIEF FIFTH EDITION, presents history as a dynamic process shaped by human expectations, difficult choices, and often the surprising consequences. With this focus on history as a process, MAKING AMERICA encourages students to think historically and to develop into citizens who value the past. The clear chronology, straightforward narrative, and strong thematic structure emphasize communication over intimidation, and appeal to students of varied learning levels. The Brief Fifth Edition retains a hallmark feature of the MAKING AMERICA program: pedagogical tools that allow students to master complex material and enable them to develop analytical skills. Every chapter has chapter outlines, chronologies, focus questions, and in-text glossaries to provide guidance throughout the text. A new feature called Investigating America gets to the heart of learning history: reading and analyzing primary sources. The text’s new open, inviting design allows students to access and use pedagogy to improve learning. Available in the following split options: MAKING AMERICA, Brief Fifth Edition (Chapters 1-30), ISBN: 978-0-618-47139-3; Volume I: To 1877 (Chapters 1-15), ISBN: 978-0-618-47140-9; Volume II: Since 1865 (Chapters 15-30), ISBN: 978-0-618-47141-6. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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Cengage Learning

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0618471391

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9780618471393

Death or Liberty

African Americans and Revolutionary America

By: Douglas R. Egerton

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Death or Liberty

African Americans and Revolutionary America

By: Douglas R. Egerton

In Death or Liberty, Douglas R. Egerton offers a sweeping chronicle of African American history stretching from Britain's 1763 victory in the Seven Years' War to the election of slaveholder Thomas Jefferson as president in 1800. While American slavery is usually identified with antebellum cotton plantations, Egerton shows that on the eve of the Revolution it encompassed everything from wading in the South Carolina rice fields to carting goods around Manhattan to serving the households of Boston's elite. More important, he recaptures the drama of slaves, freed blacks, and white reformers fighting to make the young nation fulfill its republican slogans. Although this struggle often unfolded in the corridors of power, Egerton pays special attention to what black Americans did for themselves in these decades, and his narrative brims with compelling portraits of forgotten African American activists and rebels, who battled huge odds and succeeded in finding liberty--if never equality--only in northern states. Egerton concludes that despite the real possibility of peaceful, if gradual, emancipation, the Founders ultimately lacked the courage to end slavery.

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Oxford University Press

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0199719233

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Thunder at the Gates

The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America

By: Douglas R Egerton

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Thunder at the Gates

The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America

By: Douglas R Egerton

An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks. A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, Thunder at the Gates offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.

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Basic Books

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0465096654

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Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 1: To 1877, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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0618471405

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Heirs of an Honored Name

The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America

By: Douglas R Egerton

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Heirs of an Honored Name

The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America

By: Douglas R Egerton

An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation's first political dynasty John and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow decline of the family's political legacy. In Heirs of an Honored Name, award-winning historian Douglas R. Egerton depicts a family grown famous, wealthy -- and aimless. After the Civil War, Republicans looked to the Adamses to steer their party back to its radical 1850s roots. Instead, Charles Francis Sr. and his children -- Charles Francis Jr., John Quincy II, Henry and Clover Adams, and Louisa Adams Kuhn -- largely quit the political arena and found refuge in an imagined past of aristocratic preeminence. An absorbing story of brilliant siblings and family strain, Heirs of an Honored Name shows how the burden of impossible expectations shaped the Adamses and, through them, American history.

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154169970X

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Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

MAKING AMERICA: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, BRIEF SIXTH EDITION, presents history as a dynamic process shaped by human expectations, difficult choices, and often the surprising consequences. With this focus on history as a process, MAKING AMERICA encourages readers to think historically and to develop into citizens who value the past. The clear chronology, straightforward narrative, and strong thematic structure emphasize communication over intimidation and appeal to readers of varied learning levels. The Brief Sixth Edition retains a hallmark feature of the MAKING AMERICA program: pedagogical tools that allow readers to master complex material and enable them to develop analytical skills. Every chapter has chapter outlines, chronologies, focus questions, and on-page glossaries (defining both key terms and general vocabulary) to provide guidance throughout the text; the open, inviting design allows readers to access and use pedagogy to improve learning. A wealth of images throughout provides a visual connection to the past, with captions that help readers analyze the subject of the painting, photograph, or artifact from an historical point of view. Investigating America gets to the heart of learning history: reading and analyzing primary sources. A new feature, In The Wider World introduces a global perspective for each chapter. In addition, a new map program provides clear, visually engaging maps with globe insets to put the map in a global context. Available in the following split options: MAKING AMERICA, Brief Sixth Edition Complete, Volume 1: To 1877, and Volume 2: Since 1865. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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1133943284

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Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: From 1865, Brief

By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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By: Carol Berkin,Christopher Miller,Robert Cherny,James Gormly,Douglas Egerton

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Book's by DOUGLAS. EGERTON

The Wars of Reconstruction

The Wars of Reconstruction

Year of Meteors

Year of Meteors

Gabriel's Rebellion

Gabriel's Rebellion

Making America: A History of the United States, Brief

Making America: A History of the United States, Brief

Death or Liberty

Death or Liberty

Thunder at the Gates

Thunder at the Gates

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 1: To 1877, Brief

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 1: To 1877, Brief

Heirs of an Honored Name

Heirs of an Honored Name

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865, Brief

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865, Brief

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: From 1865, Brief

Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: From 1865, Brief

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