The Reconstruction presidents / Brooks D. Simpson.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [1998]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 1998وصف:xi, 276 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0700608966 (hbk)
- E668 S58 1998
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E668 S58 1998 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000102415 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index.
Pt. 1. Abraham Lincoln. 1. "Broken Eggs Cannot Be Mended" 2. "Much Good Work Is Already Done" -- Pt. 2. Andrew Johnson. 3. "There Is No Such Thing As Reconstruction" 4. "Damn Them!" -- Pt. 3. Ulysses S. Grant. 5. "Let Us Have Peace" 6. "Unwhipped of Justice" -- Pt. 4. Rutherford B. Hayes. 7. "The Great Pacificator"
During and after the Civil War, four presidents faced the challenge of reuniting the nation and of providing justice for black Americans - and of achieving a balance between those goals. This first book to collectively examine the Reconstruction policies of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes reveals how they confronted and responded to the complex issues presented during that contested era in American politics.
Brooks Simpson examines the policies of each administration in depth and evaluates them in terms of their political, social, and institutional contexts. Simpson explains what was politically possible at a time when federal authority and presidential power were more limited than they are now.
He compares these four leaders' handling of similar challenges - such as the retention of political support and the need to build a southern base for their policies - in different ways and under different circumstances, and he discusses both their use of executive power and the impact of their personal beliefs on their actions.