内容简介
FromoneofourmostdistinguishedhistorianscomesagroundbreakingnewexaminationofthemythsandrealitiesoftheperiodaftertheCivilWar.Drawingonawiderangeoflong-neglecteddocuments,EricFonerplacesanewemphasisonblackexperiencesandrolesduringtheera.WeseeAfricanAmericansasactiveagentsinoverthrowingslavery,inshapingReconstruction,andcreatingalegacylongobscuredandmisunderstood.Hecompellinglyrefuteslong-standingmisconceptionsofReconstruction,andshowshowthefailuresofthetimesowedtheseedsoftheCivilRightsstrugglesofthe1950sand60s.Richlyillustratedandmovinglywritten,thisisanilluminatingandessentialadditiontoourunderstandingofthismomentousera.
作者简介
EricFoneristheDeWittClintonProfessorofHistoryatColumbiaUniversity.HisspecialareaofstudyhasbeentheCivilWarandReconstruction,slavery,and19th-centuryAmerica.AmonghisdozenbooksisReconstruction:America'sUnfinishedRevolution,1863-1877,widelyconsideredtobethedefinitiveworkonReconstruction,whichwontheLosAngelesTimesBookAwardforHistory,theBancroftPrize,andtheParkmanPrize,amongotherhonors.HeservedaspresidentoftheAmericanHistoricalAssociationin2000andhasbeenamemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencessince1989.HereviewsbooksfrequentlyfortheLosAngelesTimes,TheNewYorkTimes,andTheWashingtonPost.JoshuaBrownisexecutivedirectoroftheAmericanSocialHistoryProject/CenterforMediaandLearningattheGraduateCenter,CityUniversityofNewYork.HeistheauthorofBeyondtheLies,abookongilded-ageAmerica,andco-authoroftheinteractiveCD-ROMSandgroundbreakingtextbook(1990,2000)WhoBuiltAmerica?HeisalsothecoexecutiveproducerofthenotedWebprojects"HistoryMatters"and"TheSeptember11DigitalArchive.",,
