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Civil War by Other Means : America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy by Jeremi Suri (2022, Hardcover)
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PublisherPublic Affairs
ISBN-101541758544
ISBN-139781541758544
eBay Product ID (ePID)5057286763
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Book TitleCivil War by Other Means : America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicSociology / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, American Government / National, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorJeremi Suri
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-006954
Reviews"Suri argues that we have had a national confrontation, often vicious, for more than 150 years about whether America will become a true multiracial democracy...Suri offers a persuasive dose of pessimism in assessing the United States today."-- New York Times Book Review, "Compellingly insightful and essential for all concerned about the United States' present and future."-- Library Journal, "A riveting, page-turning, and epic tour de force that is as timely as it is insightful. Jeremi Suri brilliantly contextualizes the roots of contemporary racial and political divisions that culminated in the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by taking us back to the crucial two decades after the Civil War's formal end. This passionate, wide ranging, and engaging history is a must-read for all those interested in the future of American democracy."-- Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Third Reconstruction
SynopsisThe Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight for equality never did In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln's vision of a genuinely united country never took root. Apart from a few brief months, when the presence of the Union army in the South proved liberating for newly freed Black Americans, the military victory was squandered. Old white supremacist efforts returned, more ferocious than before. In Civil War by Other Means , Jeremi Suri shows how resistance to a more equal Union began immediately. From the first postwar riots to the return of Confederate exiles, to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, to the highly contested and consequential election of 1876, Suri explores the conflicts and questions Americans wrestled with as competing visions of democracy, race, and freedom came to a vicious breaking point. What emerges is a vivid and at times unsettling portrait of a country striving to rebuild itself, but unable to compromise on or adhere to the most basic democratic tenets. What should have been a moment of national renewal was ultimately wasted, with reverberations still felt today. The recent shocks to American democracy are rooted in this forgotten, urgent history.
LC Classification NumberE668.S9587 2022
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