| Description |
xx, 941 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford history of the United States |
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Oxford history of the United States.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical essay (pages [873]-901) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Reconstructing the Nation -- Prologue: Mourning Lincoln -- In the wake of the War -- Radical reconstruction -- The greater reconstruction -- Home -- Gilded liberals -- Triumph of wage labor -- Panic -- Beginning a second century -- Part II: The quest for prosperity -- Years of violence -- The party of prosperity -- People in motion -- Liberal orthodoxy and radical opinions -- Dying for progress -- The great upheaval -- Reform -- Westward the course of reform -- The center fails to hold -- The poetry of a pound of steel -- Part III: The crisis arrives -- The other half -- Dystopian and utopian America -- The Great Depression -- Things fall apart -- An era ends -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
A new interpretation of the Reconstruction of the Gilded Age of America argues that the diverse ethnic, racial, religious, economic, and political differences that grew out of the Civil War formed the base for modern America. |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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United States -- History -- 1865-1921.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877) (OCoLC)fst01754987
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1865-1933
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 |
| ISBN |
9780199735815 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0199735816 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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