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The Civil War transformed American life. Not only did thousands of men die on battlefields and millions of slaves become free; cultural institutions reshaped th

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture

"One standard story about America is rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Another story concerns America's moment of reckoning after

This book provides a succinct and accessible account of the critical role of legal and constitutional issues of the American Civil War.

From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War