Dubious Victory : The Reconstruction Debate in Ohio /

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""To the victors belong the spoils"" is a time-honored cliche. When in 1865 northern armies defeated the greatest challenge ever posed to the Union, issues of spoils and peace terms dominated public debate. But precisely what did the victorious North want from the Reconstruction...

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Auteur principal: Sawrey, Robert D. (Robert Dixon) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Public opinion.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
HISTORY > United States > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Opinion publique > Ohio > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Public opinion > Ohio > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Ohio.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Public opinion.
United States.
Ohio.
History.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:""To the victors belong the spoils"" is a time-honored cliche. When in 1865 northern armies defeated the greatest challenge ever posed to the Union, issues of spoils and peace terms dominated public debate. But precisely what did the victorious North want from the Reconstruction process? Historians generally have shown far less interest in northern goals than in what terms southerners were willing to accept. Robert Sawrey now seeks to redress the balance by examining the post-Civil War attitudes of a representative northern state, Ohio. Sawrey's probing study explores precisely what the key iss.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780813159201

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