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The Ordeal of the Reunion : A New History of Reconstruction / by Mark Wahlgren Summers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951-
- Series:
- Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
- The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Southern States.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (949 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- The University of North Carolina Press 2014
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "For a generation, scholarship on the Reconstruction era has rightly focused on the struggles of the recently enslaved for a meaningful freedom and defined its success or failure largely in those terms. Summers goes beyond this vitally important question, focusing on Reconstruction's need to form an enduring Union without sacrificing the framework of federalism and republican democracy. This book offers a fresh explanation for Reconstruction's demise and a case for its essential successes as well as its great failures. Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The great unfinished task remaining before us
- When this cruel peace is over
- Restoration, 1865-1866
- Reconstruction at last, 1865-1867
- Bottom rail on top, 1867
- The critical year : 1868
- Two failed peace policies
- Conquered provinces
- Passage to India : unmanifested destiny
- On every putrid spot
- Georgia on their mind, 1870-1871
- Corruption is the fashion
- Clasping hands over the bloody chasm
- Dead Sea fruits, 1872-1874
- Redeemer nation
- Last full measure of defection.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890870254
- 9781469617596
- 1469617595
- 9781469617589
- 1469617587
- OCLC:
- 890072060
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