The Radical Republicans and Reform in New York during Reconstruction / / James C. Mohr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Mohr, James C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1973
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Rise of the Radical Coalition --; 2. The Politics of Fire Protection --; 3. The Politics of Public Health --; 4. Metropolitan Health Reform --; 5. Labor and Housing --; 6. Educational Progress --; 7. The Drive for Negro Suffrage --; 8. The Jail of Franchise Reform --; 9. Epilogue --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501742729; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501742729
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James C. Mohr.

New insights into the politics of the Reconstruction era are offered in this study. Contending that the North, as well as the South, underwent reconstruction after the Civil War, the author examines the kinds of legislation the Radical Republicans tried to enact when they gained control in New York. Reform is the central theme of the book: fire protection, public health, labor, education, and voting are some of the areas covered. White reaction to black suffrage, the author maintains, brought dissension to, and meant defeat for, a political coalition that had begun to launch a reform program with profound implications.