Reconstruction and Empire: The Legacies of Abolition and Union Victory for an Imperial Age - Paperbackby David Prior (Editor), Adrian Brettle (Contribution by), Christina C. Davidson (Contribution by) This volume examines the historical connections between the United States' Reconstruction and the country's emergence as a geopolitical power a few decades later. It shows how the processes at work during the postbellum decade variously foreshadowed, inhibited, and conditioned the development of the United States as an overseas empire and regional