<P>¿Reconstruction¿ is the name given to the period that, beginning shortly before the end of the American Civil War and running until 1877, saw the frustration of federal government''s attempts to integrate the newly freed slaves into the American political and economic system. It ended in frustration, disillusionment and also violence, with individual southern states denying rights to freed slaves, preventing them from voting, and largely forcing them back into roles that exploited their labor and prevented them from gaining access to education. </P><P>For much of the 20th century, the predominant view of the Reconstruction period was that of the Dunning School, which argued that former slaves were unprepared for the responsibilities of voting and holding office, and that it was their incapability of handling such responsibilities ¿ and not the racist actions of whites ¿ that was largely responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction period. Eric Foner''s great work reverses thos
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Some people imagine that nationhood is as old as civilization itself, but Anderson argues that "nation" and "nationalism" are products of the communication technologies of the modern age. With the invention and spread of printing,...
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Published in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man argues that capitalist democracy is the final destination for all societies.
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<P>Martin Luther King¿s policy of non-violent protest in the struggle for civil rights in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century led to fundamental shifts in American government policy relating to segregation, and a cultural...
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<P>W.E.B Du Bois¿ <EM>The Souls of Black Folk</EM> is a seminal work in the field of sociology, a classic of American literature ¿ and a solid example of carefully-structured reasoning. </P><P>One of the most important...
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