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Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction : The Louisiana Experiment /
After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln's approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate over post-war policy in Washington. Peyton McCrary offers a comprehensive account of the social...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1978.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Prologue "Mr. Lincoln's Model Of Reconstruction"
- I. The Old Regime: Society And Politics In Antebellum Louisiana
- II. War And Social Change: Benjamin F. Butler And The Assertion Of Federal Power
- III. The Failure Of Conciliation: Nathaniel P. Banks And The Planters
- IV. Between Slavery And Freedom: The Labor System Of General Banks
- V. Reconstruction As A Problem In Party Building: Thomas J. Durant And The Free State Movement
- VI. The Suffrage Issue: General Banks Takes Command
- VII. Radicals Vs. Moderates: The Ideological Dimension Of Unionist Politics
- VIII. The Moderates In Power: The Constitutional Convention Of 1864
- IX. Lincoln Vs. Sumner: The Louisiana Question In National Politics
- X. Counterrevolution: The Return Of The Confederates
- Epilogue. The Politics Of Revolution
- Appendix A. Regression Analysis Of Electoral Behavior In Antebellum Louisiana, 1840-1861
- Appendix B. The Occupational Background Of Delegates To The Louisiana Constitutional Convention Of 1864
- Appendix C. A Scale Analysis Of Voting Behavior In The Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1864
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index