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

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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...

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Slap, Andrew L.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2007
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Reconstructing America
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
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Table of 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

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