Second Founding
“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.
304 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2019 by W.W. Norton & Company · ISBN 9780393652581
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- The Second Founding · W.W. Norton & Company · 2019 · ISBN 9780393652574
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