Gold and freedom : the political economy of reconstruction / Nicolas Barreyre, translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barreyre, Nicolas, 1975- author.

Contributor:

Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.

Series:

A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era

Standardized Title:

Or et la liberté. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spatial analysis (Statistics).

Southern States--History--1865-1877.

Southern States.

United States--Geography--Political aspects--History--19th century.

United States.

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

United States--Economic policy.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Political economy of Reconstruction

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, [Virginia] ; London, [England] : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book argues that Northern disputes over public debt, greenbacks, and tariffs, as well as national economic consequences of the Civil War, undermined Reconstruction as much as Southern race relations and constitutional issues"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Note on statistical and geographic analysis

Part I. Sectionalism

Sectionalism : the view from the Midwest

Gold and paper : how money became sectional

Economic policy and spatial justice : taxation and the tariff

Part II. Reconstruction

Closing the books on the war : republicanism, civil rights, finance

For the good of the country and the party

The Republican retreat to the North

Epilogue: On space in politics.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-308) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813937755

0813937752

Publisher Number:

2027/heb33235 hdl