These books are reference books and a good place to start your research. They will provide overviews of the topic in order to provide you basic understanding of the topic.
EBOOK 973.8/1
Baker, Lawrence W., et al, eds. Reconstruction Era Reference Library. 4 vols. Detroit: UXL, 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|9781414404547&v=2.1&u=wlhs&it=aboutBook&p=GVRL&sw=w
-
Reconstruction Era Reference Library provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.
REF 973.7 CAR
Carlisle, Rodney P. Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: Facts On File, 2008. Print.
-
Draws from diary entries, letters, speeches, and newspaper articles to provide firsthand perspectives on the events of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and includes narratives that chart the history of period, a chronology, and excerpts from critical documents of the time, profiles of key individuals, maps, and photographs.
REF 973.7 CIV
Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877). Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning, 2013. Print. American Eras Primary Sources.
-
Explores life in the Civil War era between 1850 and 1877 from the perspectives of world events, the arts, business and the economy, communications, education, government and politics, law and justice, religion, science and medicine, sports and recreation, and lifestyles, and includes a chronology of world events.
REF 973.803 ENC
Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006. Print.
-
Contains alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on topics related to the Reconstruction era, including people, places, legislation, associations, and other aspects, and includes a chronology.
REF 973.7 KIR
Kirchberger, Joe H. The Civil War and Reconstruction: An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File, 1991. Print.
-
Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the American Civil War and its aftermath, and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.
REF 973.7 RIC
Richter, William L. Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2004. Print.
-
Contains over eight hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on significant people, events, and themes in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction period, and includes a select chronology, and related documents.
973.8 REC
Stalcup, Brenda. Reconstruction: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1995. Print.
-
Features the debates that surrounded America's Reconstruction period following the Civil War.
.jpg)