Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner. Harper Perennial, $22.5 (690pp) ISBN 978-0-06-091453-0
With the Confederacy's defeat, Reconstruction seemed like the dawn of a new era to blacks and progressive whites, but it was not to be. ``This invaluable, definitive history re-creates the post-Civil War period as a pivotal drama in which ordinary people get equal billing with politicians and wheelers and dealers,'' praised PW . (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/30/1989
Genre: Nonfiction