Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877

One of the great classics of American History and absolutely masterful work that totally reshaped my understanding of American history, of political, class, and racial relations, and of American political economy. Foner centers Reconstruction as the great failed moment of American history, a central focal point, a second American Revolution, a time when almost anything was possible, and he demonstrates how it all came tumbling down.