Black Reconstruction in America by W.E.B. Du Bois
Black Reconstruction in America

W.E.B. Du Bois

Black Reconstruction in America

W.E.B. Du Bois

746 pages first pub 1935 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
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W.E.B. Du Bois called Black Reconstruction, first published in 1934, his "magnum opus." A massive reinterpretation of the Civil War and Reconstruction with African Americans as actors rather than pawns, it presaged postwar changes in prevailing in...

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challenging 60%
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inspiring 21%
dark 17%
sad 8%
adventurous 4%
emotional 4%

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medium 23%

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