Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy.(Book review)

The Historian | September 22, 2006| | Copyright

Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy. By David Quigley. (New York, N.Y.: Hill and Wang, 2004. Pp. ix, 238. $14.00.)

This book's title reveals both its scope and interpretation. The author begins with the Civil War, when American constitutional democracy was challenged and underwent major revisions, effectively constituting a "second founding" of the republic. Multiple definitions of "liberty" vied for supremacy throughout the era of Reconstruction, a period usually associated with a Northern makeover of Southern state ...

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