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The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (B&N Exclusive Edition)
By Eric Foner
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By Eric Foner
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This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition includes an additional chapter by Eric Foner that provides rich historical context for the Reconstruction amendments of the period.
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time.
The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three c...
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