Reviews
"A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully written one-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , "A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully written one-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , "With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction built-or left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."-David W. Blight, Yale University, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, "This is political history writ large, complete with a cast of characters that reflects the diversity of the American population...Historians of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age cannot afford to it ognore this book or fail to wrestle with the artgument."--Brooks D, Simpson,The Journal of American History., "This is political history writ large, complete with a cast of characters that reflects the diversity of the American population...Historians of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age cannot afford to it ognore this book or fail to wrestle with the artgument."--Brooks D, Simpson, The Journal of American History., "A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully written one-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, "Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War."--Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania, �Highly original, deeply researched, and important, West from Appomattox has the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson�s prose is clear, accessible, and compelling.��Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction built-or left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."-David W. Blight, Yale University, author ofRace and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, "Highly original, deeply researched, and important,West from Appomattoxhas the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson's prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The hard-core academic in me is impressed by Heather Cox Richardson's research, while the reader in me is impressed by the manner in which she writes . H er prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."-Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction builtor left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."David W. Blight, Yale University, author ofRace and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, "With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction built--or left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."--David W. Blight, Yale University, author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory", "Highly original, deeply researched, and important, "West from Appomattox" has the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson's prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."--Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Highly original, deeply researched, and important, West from Appomattox has the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson's prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."-Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "A truly fresh reconsiderationand a smart and wonderfully written oneof Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, "A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully written one-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , "A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully written one-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, "Highly original, deeply researched, and important, West from Appomattox has the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson's prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."-Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War."Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania, "Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War."-Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania, " Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War."-Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania , "With a marvelous sense of scope, narrative lucidity, and thorough research, Heather Richardson makes the convincing case that Americans still live in the world that Reconstruction built�or left partly unbuilt. A skilled historian of political economy, Richardson has here written a new and important synthesis of late-nineteenth-century American society enmeshed in a great struggle to determine just what kind of country the Civil War had wrought. This book is deeply informed and a good read; it spurs our effort to help Americans realize that their reading must not stop with Appomattox."�David W. Blight, Yale University, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, "A truly fresh reconsideration-and a smart and wonderfully writtenone-of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."-Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, "A truly fresh reconsideration�and a smart and wonderfully written one�of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."�Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, �Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of �Reconstruction� after the Civil War.��Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania, "Highly original, deeply researched, and important,West from Appomattoxhas the added advantage of being extremely well written: Heather Cox Richardson's prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."-Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Richardson tells a different story about the United States as a whole during a reconceptualized period of 'Reconstruction' after the Civil War."-Sheldon Hackney, University of Pennsylvania , "A truly fresh reconsideration--and a smart and wonderfully written one--of Reconstruction. Richardson pulls back to a genuinely national perspective, and in doing so gives us a strikingly original view of this vitally important time in the national story."--Elliott West, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, "Vibrant, fast-moving. . . . A provocative and succinct narrative."�David A. Lincove, The Historian, "The hard-core academic in me is impressed by Heather Cox Richardson's research, while the reader in me is impressed by the manner in which she writes. Her prose is clear, accessible, and compelling."-Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago
