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Railroads, Reconstruction, and the Gospel of Prosperity : Aid Under the Radical Republicans, 1865-1877 /
This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity"" designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a negl...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1982.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity"" designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a neglected facet of the postwar era: the attempt to build a new South and a biracial Republican majority through railroad aid. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distin. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (376 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400857128 |