Foreword by Eric Foner Preface Introduction Guide to Related Topics Chronology Map 1: Reconstruction Military Districts and Dates of Readmission and Redemption Map 2: Slaves as a Percent of Total Population 1860 A-Z Entries Primary Documents Appendix 1: Commanding Generals of Military Districts, as per the Military Reconstruction Act of March 2, 1867 Appendix 2: Reconstruction Governors for Former Confederate States Appendix 3: Dates of Readmission, Redemption, and Ratification of 13th and 14th Amendments for Former Confederate States List of Contributors Bibliography
Reconstruction sought to bring order from the tremendous social, political, economic, physical, and constitutional changes wrought by secession and the Civil War.
Richard Zuczek is an associate professor at the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he has been teaching since 1999. Previously, Zuczek was at The University of Tennessee, where he was both an assistant professor and an assistant editor of The Papers of Andrew Johnson. In 1996, he published State of Rebellion: South Carolina during Reconstruction (University of South Carolina Press, 1996). He is the co-author (with Glenna Schroeder-Lein) of the Andrew Johnson Companion (ABC-Clio, 2000), and has published on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Civil War History, The South Carolina Historical Magazine, The Handbook on the Vice Presidents, The South Carolina Encyclopedia, and Greenwood's The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research.
This is the first encyclopedia devoted solely to the period of
Reconstruction in American history (1862-77). Zuczek, a notable
Reconstruction scholar, clarifies the term's meaning.
Reconstruction refers to both a period and a process, the result of
the political, social, legal, and economic changes in the South and
the nation brought about by the Civil War and the emancipation of
the slaves. Zuczek and other historians contribute more than 260
articles on persons, concepts, institutions, gender and race, laws
and cases, elections, organizations, and each Southern state.
Ranging from a page (gun clubs) to about nine pages (African
Americans, Andrew Johnson, South Carolina), the articles are well
written, and include both see also references and references to
further reading. Also featured are 97 pages of primary documents
and convenient tables on key military and political leaders in the
Southern states, states' reentry into the Union, and the Redemption
period, when conservative Democrats retook power. A chronology,
detailed subject index, and a guide to articles (grouped by broad
subjects) enhance access to the volumes. Highly recommended.
Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general
readers.
*Choice*
This, the first encyclopedia to cover the subject, will be a most
useful and creative addition to the history shelves of US academic
libraries and the larger general collections.
*Reference Reviews*
Middle school and high school libraries are the principal audience
for this series of multivolume encyclopedias on the
African-American experience. Through the Encyclopedia of the
Reconstruction Era students will become knowledgeable about the era
in American history (1862-1877), how the United States worked to
bring order to the devastated South, and the myriad social,
political economic, physical, and Constitutional changes brought on
by secession and the Civil War.
*Multicultural Review*
Of all of the available reference works on the topic, Encyclopedia
of the Reconstruction Era is the one most appropriate for academic
collections. Scholarly yet accessible, it is recommended for
academic and large public library collections.
*Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin*
This work is a step toward illuminating this important and often
overlooked era….[t]his is a formidable collection of
data….[a]dvance placement students, teachers, and more serious
scholars could well profit from these volumes.
*Library Media Connection*
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