Description |
xii, 528 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-508) and index. |
Summary |
Using census records, the authors analyze the age, occupation, property holdings, literacy, and slaveholdings of 839 of the 1,018 delegates that composed the constitutional conventions of the ten former Confederate states. They then correlate the racial and socioeconomic status of delegates to voting patterns and incorporate their quantitative findings into the narrative histories of each convention, providing for the first time a detailed analysis of these assemblies. |
Contents |
A tremendous and searching social revolution -- Virginia and Arkansas : victory from the jaws of defeat and defeat from the jaws of victory -- Alabama and Mississippi : imposed victory -- Georgia and North Carolina : Governors Brown and Holden, eminences grises right and left -- Louisiana and South Carolina : anomalous stereotypes -- Florida and Texas : foreshadowing failure -- Summary and conclusions. |
Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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Southern States. |
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1865-1950 |
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African Americans -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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African Americans. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Racially mixed people -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Racially mixed people. |
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Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Race relations. |
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History. |
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Constitutional conventions -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Constitutional conventions. |
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Constitutional history -- Southern States.
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Constitutional history. |
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Radicalism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Radicalism. |
Added Author |
Gough, Jerry B., 1940-
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ISBN |
9780807133248 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807133248 cloth alkaline paper |
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