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Gold and freedom : the political economy of Reconstruction
Or et la liberté. English
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"This book argues that Northern disputes over public debt, greenbacks, and tariffs, as well as national economic consequences of the Civil War, undermined Reconstruction as much as Southern race re...
"This book argues that Northern disputes over public debt, greenbacks, and tariffs, as well as national economic consequences of the Civil War, undermined Reconstruction as much as Southern race relations and constitutional issues"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Nicolas Barreyre ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2015
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- Physical Details
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- x, 319 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0813937752, 0813937493, 9780813937496, 9780813937755
- OCLC
- ocn907661818, ocn933251208
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-308) and index.
- Translated from the French.
- Note on statistical and geographic analysis -- Introduction -- Part I. Sectionalism. Sectionalism : the view from the Midwest ; Gold and paper : how money became sectional ; Economic policy and spatial justice : taxation and the tariff -- Part II. Reconstruction. Closing the books on the war : republicanism, civil rights, finance ; For the good of the country and the party ; The Republican retreat to the North -- Epilogue: On space in politics
Subjects
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877.
- United States -- Geography -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
- Spatial analysis (Statistics)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
- United States -- Economic policy.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.