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HIS 2060: Reconstruction & The New South (3 cr.)

The problem of how to reconstruct the United

States of America after the Union's defeat of the

Confederacy and the abolition of slavery was the

most daunting task ever undertaken in the history

of American government. This course examines the

political, economic, and cultural ideas, events,

and programs involved in Reconstruction. It traces

the dramatic events of an era of great struggle

and hope, crisis and tragedy. Special attention

will be paid to the South, the former "rebel"

states of the Confederacy, whose social, economic,

and political systems lay in ruins in 1865.

Competing visions for rebuilding Southern society

and reuniting the nation will be explored.

African-American freedom and its prospects will

form a central focus of this course. The emergence

of a "New South" by the turn of the century, its

relation to the past and to the rest of the nation

will be considered. The modern legends of the Old

South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction will be

explored in literature and film.

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