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The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
By Foner, Eric
- ISBN
- 9780393652574 9780393652581
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on July 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Foner (De Witt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia Univ.), doyen of scholars on the Reconstruction era, whose Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 presents a seminal work on the topic, here focuses on the changes wrought on the U.S. Constitution by the Civil War and Reconstruction. When first adopted, the Constitution's power was vested in the states. The conclusion o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
