@article{1478165,
      recid = {1478165},
      author = {Cimbala, Paul A.,  and Cimbala, Paul,  and Crouch, Barry  A.,  and Farmer, Mary J.,  and Finley, Randy,  and  Fitzgerald, Michael W.,  and Fuke, Richard Paul,  and Gosse  Bell, Caryn,  and Lanza, Michael L.,  and McPherson, James,   and Miller, Randall M.,  and Miller, Randall,  and  Richardson, E. Allen,  and Rodrigue, John C.,  and Schmidt,  James D.,  and Simpson, Brooks D.,  and Trefousse, Hans L.,  },
      title = {The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction /},
      pages = {1 online resource (363 p.)},
      abstract = {The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations  addresses the history of the Freedmen's Bureau at state and  local levels of the Reconstruction South. In this lively  and well-documented book, the authors discuss the diversity  of conditions and the personalities of the Bureau's agents  state by state. They offer insight into the actions and  thoughts, not only of the agents, but also of the southern  planters and the former slaves, as both of these groups  learned how to deal with new responsibilities, new  advantages and disadvantages, and altered relationships.  The period of Reconstruction was a troubling time in the  history of the South. The Congress of the United States  passed laws and the President issued edicts, but more often  than not, the results of Reconstruction in a particular  area depended primarily on the character and personality of  an individual Bureau agent. The agents were on the front  line of this postwar battle against hatred, bigotry, fear,  ignorance, and helplessness. This work presents accounts,  often in their own words, about how the agents and officers  of the Freedmen's Bureau reacted to the problems that they  faced and the people with whom they dealt on a day-to-day  basis. Although the primary intent of Professors Cimbala  and Miller is to enhance the research on post-Civil War  Reconstruction and the role of the Freedmen's Bureau for  the benefit of historians, the book is a good read for any  lover of American history or armchair psychologist. Also,  it has social value regarding the roots of the hatred,  violence, and bigotry between the races that has come down  through the generations to the present day. We are all  products of our history, whether we are white or black,  southern or northern. Only through an understanding of this  history can we better approach the problems that remain to  be solved.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478165},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823296828},
}