{"product_id":"the-journal-of-the-joint-committee-of-fifteen-on-reconstruction-1914-39th-congress-1865-1867-hardcover","title":"The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction [1914]: 39th Congress, 1865-1867 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin B. Kendrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Committee That Drafted\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ethe Civil Rights Act, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe Reconstruction Act and the Fourteenth Amendment \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresident Andrew Johnson's failure to pursue an aggressive Reconstruction policy incited Congress to supplant his authority by establishing the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction, which drafted the Civil Rights Act (1866), the Reconstruction Act (1867) and the Fourteenth Amendment (1868), which contains the important and oft-debated \"due process\" clause. Due to a series of mishaps the committee's journal was never printed by the government. Brought home by Senator William Pitt Fessenden, one of the committee's members, it remained in his family until it was sold at auction. It was finally acquired by Columbia University, where it remains today. Kendrick offers the complete text of the journal (166 pages) and an extensive history of the committee's work. Published originally in the Columbia University series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, this work is cited frequently in the literature on Reconstruction. It is a primary reference, for example, in Raoul Berger's landmark study \u003cem\u003eGovernment by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment\u003c\/em\u003e (1977). \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin B. Kendrick \u003c\/strong\u003e[1884-1946] was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina. He was also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe South Looks at its Past\u003c\/em\u003e (1935) and co-author (with Louis M. Hacker) of \u003cem\u003eThe United States Since 1865\u003c\/em\u003e (1935). \u003cp\u003e414 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344226115891,"sku":"9781584774433","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/FIvYLqnMKN9781584774433.webp?v=1778719194","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-journal-of-the-joint-committee-of-fifteen-on-reconstruction-1914-39th-congress-1865-1867-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}