The Literature of Reconstruction Chiz Dakin Between 1864 and 1880

Between 1864 and 1880

metaphors and discourses through which the contemporary city is represented

Every chapter is written with a high degree of expertise and the authors' compassion is ever present

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Kennon came into contact with the many notable historical figures of the day who often visited Tudor Place

The Literature of Reconstruction Chiz Dakin Between 1864 and 1880In this powerful book, Brook Thomas revisits the contested era of Reconstruction. He evokes literature's immediacy to recreate arguments still unresolved today about state versus federal authority, the government's role in education, the growing power of banks and corporations, the paternalism of social welfare, efforts to combat domestic terrorism, and the difficult question of who should rightly inherit the nation's past. Literature, Thomas argues,