Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1988.

1.The World the War Made 1 -- 2. Rehearsals for Reconstruction 35 -- 3. The Meaning of Freedom 77 -- 4. Ambiguities of Free Labor 124 -- 5. The Failure of Presidential Reconstruction 176 -- 6. The Making of Radical Reconstruction 228 -- 7. Blueprints for a Republican South 281 -- 8. Reconstruction: Political and Economic 346 -- 9. The Challenge of Enforcement 412 -- 10. The Reconstruction of the North 460 -- 11. The Politics of Depression 512 -- 12. Redemption and After 564 -- Epilogue: "The River Has Its Bend" 602.