Preserving the Constitution : essays on politics and the Constitution in the reconstruction era / Michael Les Benedict.

Author/creator Benedict, Michael Les
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Constitutional history--United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

SeriesReconstructing America series, 1523-4606 ; no. 11
Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 11. ^A417875
Contents I: Politics, the Constitution, and reconstruction -- Preserving the Constitution : the conservative basis of radical reconstruction -- The rout of radicalism : Republicans and the elections of 1867 -- A new look at the impeachment of Andrew Johnson -- II: Parties and factions in Civil War-era politics -- The party, going strong : Congress and elections in the mid-nineteenth century -- Factionalism and representation : some insight from the nineteenth-century United States -- III: Politics, the Constitution, and the retreat from reconstruction -- The politics of reconstruction -- Salmon P. Chase and constitutional politics -- The problem of constitutionalism and constitutional liberty in the reconstruction South -- Reform Republicans and the retreat from reconstruction -- Southern Democrats in the crisis of 1876-77 : a reconsideration of reunion and reaction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-302) and index.
LCCN 2006007878
ISBN0823225534 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0823225542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780823225538
ISBN9780823225545

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