| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) |
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Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies |
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Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I. The Politics of Convergence: Reconstruction, 1869-1873 -- 1. The Contest for the Political Center, 1869-1870 -- Notes -- 2. Republican Factionalism -- Notes -- 3. The Democratic-Conservatives and the New Departure -- Notes -- 4. The Whigs: Fulcrum of Faction and Party -- Notes -- 5. Climax of Convergence: The Election of 1872 -- Notes -- Part II. The Politics of Divergence: Redemption, 1874-1879 -- 6. The Collapse of the Center, 1873-1875 -- Notes |
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7. The Forked Road to Redemption, 1873-1876Notes -- 8. The Return of the Bourbons -- Notes -- 9. The Bourbon Constitutions -- Notes -- 10. The Resurgence of the Agricultural Interest -- Notes -- 11. The Agrarian Reaction -- Notes -- 12. The Democracy Restored and Readjusted -- Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E-G -- H -- I-L -- M -- N -- O-R -- S -- T-W -- Y |
| Summary |
One of the most dramatic episodes in American history was the attempt to establish a two-party political system in the South during Reconstruction. Historians, however, have never systematically analyzed the region's political process during that era. Michael Perman undertakes this task, arguing that the key to understanding Reconstruction politics can be found in the factions that developed inside the two parties. Not only did these factions play a crucial role in determining each party's policies and electoral strategies, but they also shaped the course of the South's overall political development during this critical period. In the first section of Road to Redemption, Perman offers a provocative and original analysis of the characteristics and priorities of the two parties, explaining how the South's untried and volatile party system operated during Reconstruction. By the mid-1870s this system had begun to collapse. The book's concluding section explains how and why the Republican party and Reconstruction were overthrown and describes the Democratic ascendancy that replaced them. Perman's innovative study integrates the history of Reconstruction and Redemption and challenges the prevailing interpretation of who the Redeemers were and how they rose to power |
| Analysis |
United States Reconstruction, 1869-1879 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Politics and government
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Politik
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Reconstruction d'après-guerre (1865-1877) -- États-Unis.
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| SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125657
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Southern States.
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United States.
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USA -- Südstaaten
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États-Unis (sud) -- 1865-1877.
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1869-1877.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0807864048 |
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9780807864043 |
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0807815268 |
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9780807815267 |
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0807841412 |
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9780807841419 |
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