The American Civil War and Reconstruction: 1830-1910

This book is a subversive work about the political and economic transformation of the United States from 1830 to 1910. The work focuses on the 80 years of history before and after the American Civil War, telling the important process of the establishment of the American empire and the development of capitalism, and introducing the struggles between various forces such as industrial capitalists, financiers and proletarians, slave owners and slaves, entrepreneurs and workers. From the 19th to the 20th century, the United States transformed from an agricultural society with a weak central government to a gradually urbanized industrial society. The government played an increasingly important role in the framework of social and economic life, but the imperial nature of the United States has never changed. The work subverts people's understanding of the American country and empire, profoundly reveals the nature and attributes of the United States as an empire, and answers how the United States spanned the long 19th century and gradually became one of the world's great powers. At the same time, this book also reveals the dark history and legacy issues during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, which are still unresolved in the United States today.