A Short History of Reconstruction, Updated Edition (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery. An abridged version of *Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution*, winner of the Bancroft Prize, Avery O. Craven Prize, *Los Angeles Times* Book Award, Francis Parkman Prize, Frank and Harriet Owlsley Award, and Lionel Trilling Prize.