The Doom of Reconstruction : The Liberal Republicans in the Civil War Era / Andrew L. Slap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slap, Andrew L., Author.

Series:

Reconstructing America

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In 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 ruling Republican Party. In this innovative study, Andrew Slap argues forcefully that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. The election, he demonstrates, had broad consequences: in their opposition to widespread Federal corruption, Greeley Republicans unintentionally doomed Reconstruction of any kind, even as they lost the election. Based on close readings of newspapers, party documents, and other primary sources, Slap confronts one of the major questions in American political history: How, and why, did Reconstruction come to an end? His focus on the unintended consequences of Liberal Republican politics is a provocative contribution to this important debate.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Rehearsal in Missouri for the Liberal Republican Movement, 1865–1870

2 The Liberal Republican Conception of Party, 1848–1872

3 Preserving the Republic while Defeating the Slave Power, 1848–1865

4 The Liberal Republican Dilemma over Reconstruction, 1865–1868

5 Legacies of the Civil War Threaten the Republic, 1865–1872

6 Grant and the Republic, 1868–1872

7 The National Phase of the Liberal Republican Movement, 1870–1872

8 The Experience of a Third Party in the Nineteenth Century

9 The Lasting Effect of 1872 Campaign Rhetoric

10 The Liberal Republicans Try Again, 1872–1876

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

9780823292851

0823292851

OCLC:

1369638662