| Description |
vi, 330 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- The setting -- Secession and Civil War -- The Republican party, 1854-1865 -- The war and Reconstruction -- The south after the war -- Approaching Reconstruction -- Presidential Reconstruction begins -- Johnson "resumes" -- The southern states resume -- The black codes -- Republicans react -- Johnson versus Congress -- The Joint Committee on Reconstruction -- The fourteenth amendment -- The fourteenth amendment and "the critical year" -- The campaign and election of 1866 -- Military reconstruction planned -- The second reconstruction begins: impeachments -- Military rule and revision -- Reconstruction in action -- Economics and politics -- The Republican party and reform -- The election of 1868 and the new day -- The Democratic party and reform -- The end of Reconstruction -- Selected readings. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 308-315. |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
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| ISBN |
003073245X |
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