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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780928203321

Autore

Dickerson Donna Lee <1948->

Titolo

The Reconstruction era [[electronic resource] ] : primary documents on events from 1865 to 1877 / / Donna L. Dickerson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-90880-7

9786610908806

0-313-01706-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Debating historical issues in the media of the time, , 1542-8079

Altri autori (Persone)

DickersonDonna Lee <1948->

Disciplina

973.8

Soggetti

American newspapers - History - 19th century

Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Press coverage

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-410) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Introduction: Newspapers during Reconstruction; Chronology of Events; Chapter 1: The First Year: Expressions of Hope and Concern, 1865; Chapter 2: Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan, 1865-66; Chapter 3: The Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-72; Chapter 4: Black Codes, 1865; Chapter 5: Seating the South's Congressional Delegation, 1865; Chapter 6: President Johnson versus Radical Congress, 1866; Chapter 7: Freedmen's Bureau Act, 1866; Chapter 8: Civil Rights Act of 1866; Chapter 9: Black Suffrage: Before the Vote, 1865-66; Chapter 10: The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866

Chapter 11: New Orleans Riot, 1866Chapter 12: Congressional Reconstruction, 1867; Chapter 13: Black Suffrage: The First Vote, 1867; Chapter 14: The Alaska Purchase, 1867; Chapter 15: Impeachment of President Johnson, 1868; Chapter 16: Creating the Carpetbagger Myth, 1867-69; Chapter 17: The Battle for Woman Suffrage, 1867-70; Chapter 18: Indian Policy in the West, 1867-76; Chapter 19: Violence and the Ku Klux Klan, 1867-72; Chapter 20: Sunday Liquor Laws,



1866-73; Chapter 21: Mormons and Polygamy, 1870-77; Chapter 22: Black Suffrage: The Fifteenth Amendment and Beyond, 1869-77

Chapter 23: Chinese Immigration, 1867-72Chapter 24: Boss Tweed and His New York Ring, 1870-73; Chapter 25: The Crédit Mobilier Scandal, 1872-73; Chapter 26: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1873; Chapter 27: The Civil Rights Act of 1875; Chapter 28: The Hamburg Massacre, 1876; Chapter 29: The Compromised Election of 1876; Chapter 30: The End of Reconstruction, 1874-77; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the sole purveyors of news and opinion, Reconstruction-era newspapers bent and spindled American public opinion with little regard for independent journalism and great regard for party politics. In other words, the newspapers of the Reconstruction era served political rather than social needs. The issues facing the nation were momentous, and opinions on how to deal with the problems were vigorously presented and defended. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country's print media, this book reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans use