Reconstruction: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

Composed by the leading historians in the field, this single-volume encyclopedia on Reconstruction delivers the most concise, focused, and readable reference work available to educators and students.

• Provides a concise, easy-to-read resource ideal for high school history students and general readers covering the key actors and events of the Reconstruction Era

• Includes an introductory essay that gives readers a clear framework for understanding the events, important individuals, laws, and issues of the Reconstruction from 1863 through 1877

• Enables readers to understand how the events of Reconstruction set the stage for greater advances by African Americans educationally, politically, and socially decades later

• Supplies entries written by the premier historians and researchers active today that reflect the latest in scholarship on the subject matter