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Edward L. Ayers

The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America

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Winner of the Lincoln PrizeA landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective.At the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slavery in the modern world, followed by a political reconstruction in which new constitutions established the fundamental rights of citizens for formerly enslaved people. Few people living in 1860 would have dared imagine either event, and yet, in retrospect, both seem to have been inevitable.In a beautifully crafted narrative, Edward L. Ayers restores the drama of the unexpected to the history o… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-393-29264-0
  • EAN: 9780393292640
  • Produktnummer: 34248772
  • Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 640 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 27'613 KB
  • Abbildungen: 30 illustrations; 10 maps

Über den Autor


Edward L. Ayers's The Thin Light of Freedom completes his prize-winning history of the Civil War and its aftermath in the Great Valley that began with In the Presence of Mine Enemies. Ayers' superb history has been awarded the Bancroft Prize, the Lincoln Prize, and the Avery O. Craven Award of the Organization of American Historians. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama, Ayers is the Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus of the University of Richmond.

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