The End of the Second Reconstruction

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Politicos Publishing
19 June 2020

History; Politics & government

Democracy in the United States is under threat. The Trump administration's attack on the legacy of the civil rights movement is undermining America's claims to be a multi-racial democracy.

This moment of peril has worrying parallels with a previous era of American history. The gains of the Reconstruction era after the civil war, which saw African Americans given full democratic rights, were totally reversed within a generation. There is a serious risk that the advances of the civil rights era - the 'Second Reconstruction' - will go the same way unless we learn from the past and appreciate that American democracy has never been a story of linear progress. Skilfully analysing the similarities - and the differences - between the 1870s and the 2010s, Johnson outlines a political strategy for avoiding a disastrous repetition of history in in the twilight of the Second Reconstruction.

Anyone interested in seeing the Trump presidency in wider historical context, from students of race, politics and history in the US to the interested general reader, will find this book an essential and sobering guide to our past - and, if we're not careful, our future.

By: Johnson
Imprint: Politicos Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781509538348
ISBN 10: 1509538348
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 19 June 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Johnson is Lecturer in US Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University

Reviews for The End of the Second Reconstruction

ARichard JohnsonAs brilliant comparison of AmericaAs Atwo reconstructionsA powerfully argues that multiracial democracy in the U.S. is under real threat.A But Johnson does more than wake us up.A He also outlines the politics that can address the crisis.A Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College AJohnsonAs analysis of the two Reconstructions convincingly Alays waste to the blithe narratives of American exceptionalismA by arguing that only a forceful commitment to a multi-racial partyA politics and the Re-Construction of anti-democratic institutions can lead the U.S. towards a more democratic and inclusive future.A A soberingA read.AA A Kimberley Johnson, New York University