The Resource The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction, Mark Wahlgren Summers
The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction, Mark Wahlgren Summers
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- Summary
- "For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently enslaved for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. This book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 517 pages
- Contents
-
- The great unfinished task remaining before us
- When this cruel peace is over
- Restoration, 1865-1866
- Reconstruction at last, 1865-1867
- Bottom rail on top, 1867
- The critical year : 1868
- Two failed peace policies
- Conquered provinces
- Passage to India?
- On every putrid spot
- Georgia on their minds, 1870-1871
- Corruption is the fashion
- Clasping hands over the bloody chasm
- Dead Sea fruits, 1872-1874
- Redeemer nation
- Last full measure of defection
- Isbn
- 9781469617572
- Label
- The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction
- Title
- The ordeal of the reunion
- Title remainder
- a new history of Reconstruction
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Wahlgren Summers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently enslaved for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. This book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Summers, Mark W.
- Dewey number
- 973.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E668
- LC item number
- .S943 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- United States
- Southern States
- Label
- The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction, Mark Wahlgren Summers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-499) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great unfinished task remaining before us -- When this cruel peace is over -- Restoration, 1865-1866 -- Reconstruction at last, 1865-1867 -- Bottom rail on top, 1867 -- The critical year : 1868 -- Two failed peace policies -- Conquered provinces -- Passage to India? -- On every putrid spot -- Georgia on their minds, 1870-1871 -- Corruption is the fashion -- Clasping hands over the bloody chasm -- Dead Sea fruits, 1872-1874 -- Redeemer nation -- Last full measure of defection
- Control code
- 000397465
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 517 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469617572
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2014012355
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000397465
- (OCoLC)875742474
- Label
- The ordeal of the reunion : a new history of Reconstruction, Mark Wahlgren Summers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-499) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great unfinished task remaining before us -- When this cruel peace is over -- Restoration, 1865-1866 -- Reconstruction at last, 1865-1867 -- Bottom rail on top, 1867 -- The critical year : 1868 -- Two failed peace policies -- Conquered provinces -- Passage to India? -- On every putrid spot -- Georgia on their minds, 1870-1871 -- Corruption is the fashion -- Clasping hands over the bloody chasm -- Dead Sea fruits, 1872-1874 -- Redeemer nation -- Last full measure of defection
- Control code
- 000397465
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 517 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469617572
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2014012355
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000397465
- (OCoLC)875742474
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