The road to redemption : Southern politics, 1869-1879 / Michael Perman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perman, Michael.

Series:

Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies.

The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-339) and index.

ISBN:

9798890874511

9780807864043

0807864048

OCLC:

54359201