A companion to the Reconstruction presidents 1865-1881 / edited by Edward O. Frantz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frantz, Edward O., editor.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history.

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.

United States.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.

Johnson, Andrew.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893.

Hayes, Rutherford B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Represents the first comprehensive look at the presidencies of Johnson, Grant, and Hayes in one volumeFeatures contributions from top historians and presidential scholarsApproaches the study of these presidents from a historiographical perspectiveKey topics include each president's political career; foreign policy

Contents:

Part I. Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson before the presidency / Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein

Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction / Erik Mathisen

Andrew Johnson: race, the constitution and democracy / Aaron Astor

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson / Luis Fuentes-Rohwer

Foreign affairs and Andrew Johnson / Richard Zuczek

Part II. Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant: birth to the Mexican-American War / Pamela K. Sanfilippo

Ulysses S. Grant: star on the rise, 1861-1863 / Brian Steel Wills

Ulysses S. Grant: the making of a military politician, 1861-1865 / Brian Holden Reid

The general-in-chief, 1864-1865 / William B. Feis

Ulysses S. Grant goes to Washington: the commanding general as secretary of war / James J. Broomall

The 1868 and 1872 elections / Andrew Prymak

Looking for the popular culture of Grant's America / Woody Register

Reconstruction during the Grant years: the conundrum of policy / Thomas R. Pegram

Go west, young man: expansion and American Indian policy / Eric J. Morser

Avoiding war: the foreign policy of Ulysses S. Grant and Hamilton Fish / Stephen McCullough

Grant and historical memory / John F. Marszalek

Grant and heroic leadership / Frank J. Williams

Engagement rather than escape: Ulysses S. Grant's world tour, 1877-1879 / William M. Ferraro

Part III. Rutherford B. Hayes

"Crushing the traitors": Rutherford B. Hayes in the Civil War / John R. Lundberg

Rutherford B. Hayes: the road to the White House / Allan Peskin

Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877 / Marc-William Palen

Hayes and civil service reform / Ari Hoogenboom

The shattered dream: the shock of industrialization and the crisis of the free labor ideal / Eric Leif Davin

Lifting the veil of obscurity?: Lucy Webb Hayes, America's first "First Lady" / Katherin E. Rohrer

Part IV. The Age of Reconstruction

Edison and the age of invention / David Hochfelder

Centennial celebrations / John Hepp

Community responsibilities, citizenship rights: gender and power in the Reconstruction era / Michelle Kuhl

Playing on a new field: the U.S. Supreme Court in Reconstruction / Roman J. Hoyos

Scandal, corruption / Robert W. Burg

Ex-presidents in the Age of Reconstruction / Edward Frantz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118607756

1118607759

9781118607602

1118607600

9781118607879

1118607872

9781118607695

1118607694

OCLC:

878149589