{"product_id":"the-revolution-that-failed-adam-fairclough-9780813056623","title":"The Revolution that Failed: Reconstruction in Natchitoches","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe chaotic years after the Civil War are often seen as a time of uniquely American idealism--a revolutionary attempt to rebuild the nation that paved the way for the civil rights movement of the twentieth century. But Adam Fairclough rejects this prevailing view, challenging prominent historians such as Eric Foner and James McPherson. He argues that Reconstruction was, quite simply, a disaster, and that the civil rights movement triumphed despite it, not because of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairclough takes readers to Natchitoches, Louisiana, a majority-black parish deep in the cotton South. Home to a vibrant Republican Party led by former slaves, ex-Confederates, and free people of color, the parish was a bastion of Republican power and the ideal place for Reconstruction to have worked. Yet although it didn't experience the extremes of violence that afflicted the surrounding region, Natchitoches fell prey Democratic intimidation. Its Republican leaders were eventually driven out of the parish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReconstruction failed, Fairclough argues, because the federal government failed to enforce the rights it had created. Congress had given the Republicans of the South and the Freedmen's Bureau an impossible task--to create a new democratic order based on racial equality in an area tortured by deep-rooted racial conflict. Moving expertly between a profound local study and wider developments in Washington, \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution That Failed\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sobering perspective on how Reconstruction affected African American citizens and what its long-term repercussions were for the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Fairclough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813056624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813056623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2018","brand":"Adam Fairclough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947289608447,"sku":"9780813056623","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5d381a52-4095-4994-b86c-4f5aa22d7939.jpg?v=1681517835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-revolution-that-failed-adam-fairclough-9780813056623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}