His second overlooked conclusion is controversial among those who have never studied civil conflict and revolution in other countries. Reconstruction: A Concise History (Audio Download): Amazon.in: Allen C. Guelzo, Bob Souer, Tantor Audio The terrorism reached its first climax in the Fall of 1868, just before the election of U.S. Grant to the presidency. In response to the disqualification from voting of some leading Confederates by congressional Republicans, writes Guelzo, Southern whites imposed “a kind of counter-disfranchisement on blacks through intimidation.” I am not sure that this is an accurate characterization. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. A more severe approach might have included the forfeiture of the land of large slaveowners and its redistribution to the slaves that had made it grow. Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. As Walt Whitman wrote, almost in self-congratulation, Reconstruction “has been paralleled nowhere in the world—in any other country on the globe the whole batch of the Confederate leaders would have had their heads cut off.” Ironically, most of the violence that pockmarked Reconstruction was inflicted on the victors, not the vanquished. Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2020. The period from 1869-1877 is really just sketched in, followed by an interesting, but brief, breeze through the years from 1877 to 1900, a period that other historians think was still part of Reconstruction. Guelzo informs us that A”ll told, Johnson’s self-reconstructed states chose for senators and representatives (in addition to Stephens) six Confederate cabinet officers, four Confederate generals, and fifty-eight members of the Confederate Congress.” (p. 25). The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It is pretty much par for the Guelzo course stylistically. I would say that if you have read another Guezo book and come away unhappy with the style, you are likely to have the same reaction to this one. Oxford University Press. There were few moral limits in the South restraining the actions white men could take to control black bodies. The first I decided to read is Allen Guelzo’s Reconstruction: A Concise History. Get FREE shipping on Reconstruction: A Concise History by Allen C. Guelzo, from wordery.com. Learn more about the program. Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020. And who was responsible? An excellent work. Reconstruction. In response, this year I read and reviewed three newer surveys of Reconstruction. The small Black Bourgeois was a creation of Reconstruction Era African Americans. Sobering, insightful and telling, his recounting of these years can make one wince at the injustice, the violence (because of race and party) and lost opportunities, all caught in the swirling backwash of the War and the unsolvable politics of our federal system. (p. 23) Guelzo correctly assesses the situation: The Johnson proclamations revived Southern hopes for pulling some form of victory back from the abyss of defeat and seemed to the Cincinnati journalist Whitelaw Reid “to have called into active utterance all the hostility to Northerners.” Strategies of resistance now began to take substance, and Confederate veteran Reuban Wilson hoped that “with the aid of the democratic party (which is bound to be very strong) of the north we will be able to check the republican party in their wild scheme.” (p.24) The fourth Reconstruction accomplishment I am fully in agreement. The first I decided to read is Allen Guelzo’s Reconstruction: A Concise History. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Guelzo rejects the charge that the Southern Republicans were any more corrupt than the Democrats who had preceded them in office. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. I still got some messages from folks saying that these 500 page books were too great a time commitment for someone just beginning to explore the subject. Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America (Studies in... To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Guelzo, Allen C.. Reconstruction: A Concise History … The new state legislatures devoted their limited funds to trying to pay off their Confederate debts and their limited attentions to protecting former Confederates. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Renowned American history professor Allen Guelzo has the surprising answers in this eye-opening video. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was not reassuring to Republicans. He targets both Andrew Johnson and U.S. Grant as failing to deal with the politics of the times and he reserves special criticism for the Supreme Court and the Democratic Party which sanctioned violence and racial animus and “states rights” in the South. Reconstruction: A Concise History by Allen C. Guelzo, ← “We Go to the Polls for the First Time in 8 Years…& the White Vote Will Fall Into the Ballot Box”, “They hung three or four negroes nearly dead” The Ku Klux in Florence, Ala. 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Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion (Vintage Civil War Library). Under his 10 Percent Plan, he proposed that as soon as 10 percent of the voting population in the 1860 election took an oath and established a government, it would be recognized. “To recalcitrant Southerners, the proclamations were like a second wind” says the author. He doesn't disappoint here. Overall, this is a thumbs up book for me, with reservations. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Guelzo covers most of the main events of Reconstruction in a page or two each, so the risk of getting lost in any individual incident is minimized. History of Wisconsin: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Badger State, Start... Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. 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