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The Freedmen´s Bureau and Reconstruction
Paul A. Cimbala
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Description for The Freedmen´s Bureau and Reconstruction
Paperback. This text brings together many scholars who have been working through the Freedman's Bureau papers and other sources, to rethink the Bureau's place in securing freedom and remaking the South. It presents a sampling of the range and variety of work being done on the Bureau. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
The Freedmen’s Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations addresses the history of the Freedmen’s Bureau at state and local levels of the Reconstruction South. In this lively and well-documented book, the authors discuss the diversity of conditions and the personalities of the Bureau’s agents state by state. They offer insight into the actions and thoughts, not only of the agents, but also of the southern planters and the former slaves, as both of these groups learned how to deal with new responsibilities, new advantages and disadvantages, and altered relationships.
The period of Reconstruction was a troubling time in the history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
Series
Reconstructing America
Number of Pages
363
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823219353
SKU
V9780823219353
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99-50
About Paul A. Cimbala
Paul A. Cimbala is Professor of History at Fordham University and editor of the Press’s series The North’s Civil War and Reconstructing America. Randall M. Miller is the William Dirk Warren ’05 Sesquicentennial Chair and Professor of History at Saint Joseph’s University. He is author or editor of numerous books. Among his books related to the Civil War are, ... Read more
Reviews for The Freedmen´s Bureau and Reconstruction
"Cimbala is well equipped to provide the concise synthesis grounded in a close acquaintance with the primary sources and a mastery of the secondaray literature." -The Journal of Southern History "This collection offers a wide-ranging exploration... The essays are well-documented original contributions." -Choice