10 Southern Democrats in the Crisis of 1876–77: A Reconsideration of Reunion and Reaction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Constitutional Politics and Reconstruction ix
4. I Politics, the Constitution, and Reconstruction
5. 1 Preserving the Constitution: The Conservative Basis of Radical Reconstruction 1
6. 2 The Rout of Radicalism: Republicans and the Elections of 1867 23
7. 3 A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 32
8. II Parties and Factions in Civil War–Era Politics
9. 4 The Party, Going Strong: Congress and Elections in the Mid-Nineteenth Century 45
10. 5 Factionalism and Representation: Some Insight from the Nineteenth-Century United States 67
11. III Politics, the Constitution, and the Retreat from Reconstruction
12. 6 The Politics of Reconstruction 91
13. 7 Salmon P. Chase and Constitutional Politics 129
14. 8 The Problem of Constitutionalism and Constitutional Liberty in the Reconstruction South 152
15. 9 Reform Republicans and the Retreat from Reconstruction 168
16. 10 Southern Democrats in the Crisis of 1876–77: A Reconsideration of Reunion and Reaction 186
17. Notes 211
18. Index 303