Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 (The African-American Intellectual Heritage S.)

by W. E. B. DuBois

Originally published in 1934, this reinterpretation of the American Civil War and Reconstruction portrayed African Americans as players rather than pawns, presaging postwar changes in interpretations of southern history, as well as the rise of black militancy in the 1960s.

• ISBN10: 0268021651
• ISBN13: 9780268021658
• Publish Date: 15 December 2006
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 8 June 2009
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 776
• Language: English