| Description |
1 online resource (443 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 and political upheavals in Louisiana, set against the background of a new interpretation of the revolutionary dimensions of the Civil War party system. He compares the moderate Republican regime set up by Lincoln with the antebellum social and political system, and contrasts it with the reactionary gov |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-399) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078502
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Louisiana
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400870196 |
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1400870194 |
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