The Reconstruction Amendments - The Essential Documents, Volume 2 (Hardcover)

Ratified in the years immediately following the American Civil War, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution--together known as the Reconstruction Amendments--abolished slavery, safeguarded a set of basic national liberties, and expanded the right to vote, respectively. This two-volume work presents the key speeches, debates, and public dialogues that surrounded the adoption of the three amendments, allowing us to more fully experience how they reshaped the nature of American life and freedom. Volume I outlines a broad historical context for the Reconstruction Amendments along with materials related to the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, while Volume II covers the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments on the rights of citizenship and enfranchisement. The documents in this collection encompass a sweeping range of primary sources, from congressional talks to court cases, public speeches to newspaper articles. As a whole, the volumes meticulously depict a significant period of legal change even as they illuminate the ways in which people across the land grappled with the process of constitutional reconstruction. Filling a major gap in the literature on the era, The Reconstruction Amendments will be indispensable for readers in politics, history, and law, as well as anyone seeking a better understanding of the post-Civil War basis of American constitutional democracy.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2021
Authors:	Kurt T. Lash
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	704
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-68895-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-68895-X
Barcode:	9780226688954

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