The pivotal era of Reconstruction has inspired an outstanding
historical literature. In the half-century after W.E.B. DuBois
published Black Reconstruction in America (1935), a host of
thoughtful and energetic authors helped to dismantle racist
stereotypes about the aftermath of emancipation and Union victory
in the Civil War. The resolution of long-running interpretive
debates shifted the issues at stake in Reconstruction scholarship,
but the topic has remained a vital venue for original exploration
of the American past. In Reconstructions: New Perspectives on the
Postbellum United States, eight rising historians survey the latest
generation of work and point to promising directions for future
research. They show that the field is opening out to address a
wider range of adjustments to the experiences and effects of Civil
War. Increased interest in cultural history now enriches
understandings traditionally centered on social and political
history. Attention to gender has joined a focus on labor as a
powerful strategy for analyzing negotiations over private and
public authority. The contributors suggest that Reconstruction
historiography might further thrive by strengthening connections to
such subjects as western history, legal history, and diplomatic
history, and by redefining the chronological boundaries of the
postwar period. The essays provide more than a variety of
attractive vantage points for fresh examination of a major phase of
American history. By identifying the most exciting recent
approaches to a theme previously studied so ably, the collection
illuminates the creative process in scholarly historical
literature.
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