Reconstruction: people and perspectives

The meaning of freedom for African American men / Rebecca Fraser -- White women in Reconstruction / Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz -- African Americans in southern cities / James Campbell -- Northerners in the Reconstruction South / Nichola Clayton -- American Indian issues during Reconstruction / Gabriella Treglia -- Former slaveholders and the planter class / David Deverick -- Black women, work, and freedom / Kate Dossett -- Former Confederate and Union soldiers in Reconstruction / Susan-Mary Grant.;Reconstruction: People and Perspectives describes in vivid detail the experiences of a diverse group of people caught up in the Civil War's aftermath in the South. Chapters focus on Civil War veterans, former slaveholders, farmers and city residents, Northerners in the South, and African American men and women (both those who stayed in the South and those who migrated). It also reports on groups similar studies often overlook, such as Native Americans and white women. --from publisher description.