Railroads, reconstruction, and the gospel of prosperity: aid under the radical republicans, 1865-1877
Auteur :
Summers, Mark Wahlgren
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691612829
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
652 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity" designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a neglected facet of the postwar era: the attempt to build a new South a