Reconstructors
Land, Work, and Engineering After the Civil War
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Reconstructors
Land, Work, and Engineering After the Civil War
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
1. The View from the Steamer Flora
2. Mud and Republicans
3. Soldiers, Land, and Lines
4. Engineering a Running
Part II
5. New Routes Across the South
6. Muscle Shoals
7. “To Make the Sea Do the Work”
8. A Breathing Shore
Epilogue: Assembling a New South
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources and Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part I
1. The View from the Steamer Flora
2. Mud and Republicans
3. Soldiers, Land, and Lines
4. Engineering a Running
Part II
5. New Routes Across the South
6. Muscle Shoals
7. “To Make the Sea Do the Work”
8. A Breathing Shore
Epilogue: Assembling a New South
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources and Bibliography
Index