This item black reconstruction in america 1860 1880 by w e burghardt du bois paperback cdn3377 the souls of black folk by web du bois by web du bois paperback cdn760 customers who viewed this item also viewed page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1. Black reconstruction in america 1860 1880 by web du bois david levering lewis introduction 445 rating details 2176 ratings 119 reviews the pioneering work in the study of the role of black americans during reconstruction by the most influential black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full length study of the role black americans played in the crucial period after the civil war when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct american society hailed at the time black reconstruction in america 1860 1880 has justly been called a classic. Particularly interesting for students of human culture is the sudden freeing of these black folk in the nineteenth century and the attempt through them to reconstruct the basis of american democracy from 1860 1880. In web du bois black nationalism and later works black reconstruction an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in america 1860 1880 1935 was an important marxist interpretation of reconstruction the period following the american civil war during which the seceded southern states were