The American Nation (Paperback)

First published in 1907, this authoritative history of the Reconstruction era in America by noted historian William Archibald Dunning remains a classic of its kind. Dunning traces the political and economic forces at work in the post-Civil War South, and examines the efforts of both African Americans and white politicians to rebuild the shattered nation.

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