Listen "Reconstruction beyond 150"
Episode Synopsis
Photomontage of members of the first South Carolina legislature following the Civil War.( Library of Congress)In their book, Reconstruction beyond 150: Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris have brought together the best new scholarship, synthesizing social, political, economic, and cultural approaches to understanding a crucial period in our country’s history. They talk with us about how the their project came about, and about how many "reconstructions" our country has seen since the Civil War.
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