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Ordinary people don’t experience history as it is taught by historians. They live across the convenient chronological divides we impose on the past. The same people who lived through the Civil War and the eradication of slavery also dealt with the hardships of Reconstruction, so why do we almost always treat them separately? In this groundbreaking new book, renowned historian Thomas C. Holt challenges this form to tell the story of generations of African Americans through the lived experience of the subjects themselves, with all of the nuances, ironies, contradictions, and complexities one might expect.
Publisher : Hill & Wang; First Edition (September 27, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 468 pages
ISBN-10 : 0809034174
ISBN-13 : 978-0809034178
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They appreciate the thorough explanation of history and elegant writing style. Readers describe it as a great read with an ambitious subtitle that is spectacularly fulfilled in barely 350 pages.
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