The second founding, how the Civil War and Reconstruction remade the constitution, Eric Foner
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The second founding, how the Civil War and Reconstruction remade the constitution, Eric Foner
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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The second founding
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bibliography
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1084430574
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Eric Foner
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how the Civil War and Reconstruction remade the constitution
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar comes a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time
Table Of Contents
Origins of the Second Founding -- What is Freedom?: The Thirteenth Amendment -- Toward Equality: The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Right to Vote: The Fifteenth Amendment -- Justice and Jurisprudence
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