The Doom of Reconstruction

The Doom of Reconstruction
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Publisher : Reconstructing America (Paperb
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0823227103
ISBN-13 : 9780823227105
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Book Synopsis The Doom of Reconstruction by : Andrew L. Slap

Download or read book The Doom of Reconstruction written by Andrew L. Slap and published by Reconstructing America (Paperb. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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