Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

By W.E.B. Du Bois, introduction by David Levering Lewis  This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic. Free Press, 1999 Softcover, 768 pages 6 x 8 inches