Today’s post will be a bit of a short one—my apologies in advance for that. Preparations for the 2014 Society of US Intellectuals Conference, along with a growing list of items that need to be checked off for my personal graduate school experience, have robbed me of some of the time I’d otherwise devote to researching this post. Of course, that’s something we’re all experiencing these days, so it is not meant as a complaint. In fact, it’s an opportunity, as it offers me a chance to direct you to some interesting books and blogs about the topic of Reconstruction Read more