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Title: A Short History of Reconstruction, Updated Edition

Subtitle: 1863-1877

Author: Eric Foner

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-26-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In this updated edition of Reconstruction, Eric Foner redefines how the post-Civil War period was viewed.

Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans - black and white - responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the quest of emancipated slaves' searching for economic autonomy and equal citizenship and describes the remodeling of Southern society; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and one committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans.

This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) remains the standard work on the wrenching post-Civil War period - an era whose legacy still reverberates in the United States today.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant, very academic, but poorly transcribed

This is a brilliant retelling of reconstruction, which may be the most important era of American history as far as its effects on our modern times are concerned. Though this is the abridged version, it is still in the style of dense, academic writing- in other words, not the usually garbage popular history (from creepy morons like O'Reilly) that are more widely (and easily) read. I take a star off my rating only because the kindle text is an embaressing mess of typos that don't exist in any printed copies. One of the most annoying things is that there's usually only one quotation mark, leaving the reader to guess where the quotation ends. For the most part it interferes little, however.

Should be read by every American

Eric Foner cogently summarizes a period in our history that set us on a trajectory yet to be corrected. Immediately after the Civil War, we grappled as a nation with one of the two great karmic transgressions that first shaped and continue to shape our existence as a country. We ignore the failure of that effort (and the forces conspiring to this day against justice) at our peril.

Did not gain any great insight on reconstruction

Okay read. Did not gain any great insight on reconstruction.

History importa

Read to understand how we got to the social injustices of today. Read if you care and then act for tomorrow.

Five Stars

A nice concise resource for both teaching and continuing education by US History teachers.