The doom of Reconstruction : the liberal Republicans in the Civil War era / Andrew L. Slap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slap, Andrew L.

Series:

Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 12.

Reconstructing America series ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1872.

Presidents.

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

United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

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

Liberal Republican Party--History.

Liberal Republican Party.

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

Grant, Ulysses S.

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.

Greeley, Horace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 306 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the election of 1872, the conflict between President U.S. Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the Republican Party. In this study, Andrew Slap argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between party elites and a class-based radical reform movement.

Contents:

Rehearsal in Missouri for the Liberal Republican Movement, 1865-1870

The Liberal Republican Conception of Party, 1848-1872

Preserving the Republic while defeating the slave power, 1848-1865

The Liberal Republican dilemma over reconstruction, 1865-1868

Legacies of the Civil War threaten the Republic, 1865-1872

Grant and the republic, 1868-1872

The national phase of the Liberal Republican Movement, 1870-1872

The experience of a third party in the nineteenth century

The lasting effect of 1872 campaign rhetoric

The Liberal Republicans try again, 1872-1876.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-3499-1

0-8232-4773-2

1-282-77592-8

9786612775925

0-8232-2711-1

OCLC:

647932088