Conceiving a new republic : the Republican Party and the southern question, 1869-1900 / Charles W. Calhoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calhoun, Charles W. (Charles William), 1948-

Series:

American political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--19th century.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Republicanism.

History.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Southern States.

Politics and government.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.

United States.

Republicanism--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

x, 347 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2006]

Contents:

Regeneration of a nation

Republicanism contested : the election of 1872

The Republican project under siege : the Grant administration and the trial of enforcement

The southern question revived : the campaign of 1876

Rescuing the republic : the electoral crisis of 1876-1877

Conciliation is not mutual : republicanism and the southern policy of Rutherford B. Hayes

Confrontation with a solid south : new directions under Garfield and Arthur

The fundamental question in a republic : republicanism, economics, and electoral stalemate in the 1880s

Republicanism defeated : the Lodge Federal Elections Bill

Surrender of the new republic : Reconstruction undone and the nationalism of reconciliation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-331) and index.

ISBN:

0700614621

OCLC:

68373183

Publisher Number:

9780700614622