HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

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Professor David Blight. Open Yale Courses. The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

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English

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Episodes1 - 10 of 27 episodes

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Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad
This lecture probes the reasons for confederate defeat and union victory. Professor...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 19 - To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings
Professor Blight uses Herman Melville's poem "On the Slain Collegians" to introduce...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 20 - Wartime Reconstruction: Imagining the Aftermath and a Second American Republic
This lecture begins with a central, if often overlooked, turning point in the Civil...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 21 - Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction
In this lecture, Professor Blight begins his engagement with Reconstruction. Recons...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 22 - Constitutional Crisis and Impeachment of a President
Professor Blight continues his discussion of the political history of Reconstructio...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 23 - Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor
Professor Blight begins this lecture in Washington, where the passage of the first ...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 24 - Retreat from Reconstruction: The Grant Era and Paths to "Southern Redemption"
This lecture opens with a discussion of the myriad moments at which historians have...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 25 - The "End" of Reconstruction: Disputed Election of 1876, and the "Compromise of 1877"
This lecture focuses on the role of white southern terrorist violence in brining ab...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 26 - Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
Having dealt with the role of violence and the Supreme Court in bringing about the ...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017
20 minutes
Lecture 27 - Legacies of the Civil War
Professor Blight finishes his lecture series with a discussion of the legacies of t...
20 minutes
Aug 25, 2017

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	Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad This lecture probes the reasons for confederate defeat and union victory. Professor... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 19 - To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings Professor Blight uses Herman Melville's poem "On the Slain Collegians" to introduce... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 20 - Wartime Reconstruction: Imagining the Aftermath and a Second American Republic This lecture begins with a central, if often overlooked, turning point in the Civil... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 21 - Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction In this lecture, Professor Blight begins his engagement with Reconstruction. Recons... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 22 - Constitutional Crisis and Impeachment of a President Professor Blight continues his discussion of the political history of Reconstructio... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 23 - Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor Professor Blight begins this lecture in Washington, where the passage of the first ... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 24 - Retreat from Reconstruction: The Grant Era and Paths to "Southern Redemption" This lecture opens with a discussion of the myriad moments at which historians have... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 25 - The "End" of Reconstruction: Disputed Election of 1876, and the "Compromise of 1877" This lecture focuses on the role of white southern terrorist violence in brining ab... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 26 - Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Having dealt with the role of violence and the Supreme Court in bringing about the ... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017
	Lecture 27 - Legacies of the Civil War Professor Blight finishes his lecture series with a discussion of the legacies of t... 20 minutes	Aug 25, 2017

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HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

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Episodes1 - 10 of 27 episodes

Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad

Lecture 19 - To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings

Lecture 20 - Wartime Reconstruction: Imagining the Aftermath and a Second American Republic

Lecture 21 - Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction

Lecture 22 - Constitutional Crisis and Impeachment of a President

Lecture 23 - Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor

Lecture 24 - Retreat from Reconstruction: The Grant Era and Paths to "Southern Redemption"

Lecture 25 - The "End" of Reconstruction: Disputed Election of 1876, and the "Compromise of 1877"

Lecture 26 - Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

Lecture 27 - Legacies of the Civil War

Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad

Lecture 19 - To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings

Lecture 20 - Wartime Reconstruction: Imagining the Aftermath and a Second American Republic

Lecture 21 - Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction

Lecture 22 - Constitutional Crisis and Impeachment of a President

Lecture 23 - Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor

Lecture 24 - Retreat from Reconstruction: The Grant Era and Paths to "Southern Redemption"

Lecture 25 - The "End" of Reconstruction: Disputed Election of 1876, and the "Compromise of 1877"

Lecture 26 - Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

Lecture 27 - Legacies of the Civil War

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