From the Book - First Perennial Library edition.
The coming of emancipation
The North's transformation
Rehearsals for reconstruction
Dilemmas of wartime reconstruction
Land and labor during the Civil War
The politics of emancipation and the end of the war
Building the black community
Origins of black politics
Violence and everyday life
Ambiguities of free labor
The "misrepresented bureau"
The freedman's bureau, land, and labor
Beginnings of economic reconstruction
The failure of presidential reconstruction
Andrew Johnson and reconstruction
Launching the South's new governments
The anatomy of presidential reconstruction
The making of radical reconstruction
The coming of black suffrage
Blueprints for a Republican South
The political mobilization of the black community
The North and radical reconstruction
The constitutional conventions
Impeachment and the election of Grant
Reconstruction: political and economic
Party and government in the reconstruction South
Southern Republicans in power
Patterns of economic change
The challenge of enforcement
The new departure and the first redemption
The reconstruction of the North
The North and the age of capital
The transformation of politics
The politics of depression
The depression and its consequences
Retreat from reconstruction
The waning of Southern Republicanism
The electoral crisis and the end of reconstruction
Epilogue: "The river has its bend."
From the Book - Updated edition.
Abbreviations used in footnotes
Introduction to the 2014 anniversary edition
Rehearsals For Reconstruction:
Dilemmas of wartime reconstruction
Land and labor during the Civil War
Politics of Emancipation and the end of the war
Building the Black Community
Origins of black politics
Violence and everyday life
Ambiguities Of Free Labor:
Freedmen's Bureau, land, and labor
Beginnings of economic reconstruction
Failure Of Presidential Reconstruction:
Andrew Johnson and reconstruction
Launching the South's New Governments
Anatomy of Presidential reconstruction
Making Of Radical Reconstruction:
Blueprints For A Republican South:
Political mobilization of the Black Community
North and radical reconstruction
Constitutional conventions
Impeachment and the election of grant
Reconstruction: Political And Economic:
Party and government in the reconstruction South
Southern republicans in power
Patterns of economic change
Challenge Of Enforcement:
New departure and the first redemption
Reconstruction Of The North:
North and the age of capital
Transformation of politics
Depression and its consequences
Retreat from reconstruction
Waning of Southern Republicanism
Electoral crisis and the end of reconstruction
Epilogue: River has its bend
