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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788309503321

Autore

Rodrigue John C

Titolo

Lincoln and Reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / John C. Rodrigue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8093-3254-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Concise Lincoln library

Classificazione

HIS036050HIS036040

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

Politics and war - United States - History - 19th century

War and society - United States - History - 19th century

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

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Economic aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- From restoration to emancipation (March 1861-January 1863) -- From emancipation to reconstruction (January-December 1863) -- War, reconstruction, and reelection (December 1863-November 1864) -- "Into proper practical relation with the Union" (November 1864-April 1865) -- Epilogue : what if.

Sommario/riassunto

Although Abraham Lincoln dominates the literature on the American Civil War, he remains less commonly associated with reconstruction. Previous scholarly works touch on Lincoln and reconstruction, but they tend either to speculate on what Lincoln might have done after the war had he not been assassinated or to approach his reconstruction plans merely as a means of winning the war. In this thought-provoking study, John C. Rodrigue offers a succinct but significant survey of Lincoln's wartime reconstruction initiatives while providing a fresh interpretation of the president's plans for postwar A



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782839603321

Autore

Cowan Walter G

Titolo

Louisiana governors [[electronic resource] ] : rulers, rascals, and reformers / / Walter Greaves Cowan and Jack B. McGuire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008

ISBN

1-282-48570-9

1-282-48597-0

9786612485701

9786612485978

1-60473-320-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McGuireJack B

Disciplina

976.3009/9

B

Soggetti

Governors - Louisiana

Governors - Louisiana - History

Louisiana Biography

Louisiana Politics and government

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres (1699-1702); Sieur de Sauvole (1699-1700); Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1701-1713;  1716-1717;  1718-1725;  1733-1743); Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac (1713-1716); Jean Michel De l'Epinay (1717-1718); Pierre Sidrac Dugué, Sieur de Boisbriant (1725-1727); Etienne de Perier (1727-1733); Pierre de Rigaud de Cavagnial, Marquis de Vaudreuil (1743-1753); Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec (1753-1763); Jean Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie (1763-1765); Charles Philippe Aubry (1765-1766)

Antonio de Ulloa de la Torre-Guiral (1765-1768)Alejandro O'Reilly (1769); Luis Unzaga y Amerzaga (1769-1777); Bernardo de Galvez (1777-1782); Esteban Rodriguez Miro (1782-1791); Francois-Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet et Noyelles (1791-1797); Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (1797-1799); Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O'Fariel, Marquis de Casa Calvo (1799-1801); Juan Manuel de Salcedo (1801-1803);



Transfer; William Charles Cole Claiborne (1803-1812;  1812-1816); Jacques Philippe Villere (1816-1820); Thomas Bolling Robertson (1820-1824); Five Governors (1824-1831); Andre Bienvenu Roman (1831-1835

1839-1843)Edward Douglass White (1835-1839); Alexandre Mouton (1843-1846); Isaac Johnson (1846-1850); Joseph Marshall Walker (1850-1853); Paul Octave Hebert (1853-1856); Robert C. Wickliffe (1856-1860); Thomas O. Moore (1860-1864); George F. Shepley (1862-1864); Michael Hahn (1864-1865); Henry Watkins Allen (1864-1865); James Madison Wells (1865-1867); Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1867-1868); Joshua Baker (1868); Henry Clay Warmoth (1868-1872); P. B. S. Pinchback (1872-1873); John McEnery (1873); William Pitt Kellogg (1873-1876); Francis R. T. Nicholls (1877-1880;  1888-1892)

Louis Alfred Wiltz (1880-1881)Samuel D. McEnery (1881-1888); Murphy J. Foster (1892-1900); William Wright Heard (1900-1904); Newton Crain Blanchard (1904-1908); Jared Y. Sanders (1908-1912); Luther E. Hall (1912-1916); Ruffin G. Pleasant (1916-1920); John M. Parker (1920-1924); Henry L. Fuqua (1924-1926); Oramel H. Simpson (1926-1928); Huey P. Long (1928-1932); Alvin O. King (1932); Oscar K. Allen (1932-1936); James A. Noe (1936); Richard W. Leche (1936-1939); Earl K. Long (1939-1940;  1948-1952;  1956-1960); Sam Houston Jones (1940-1944); Jimmie H. Davis (1944-1948;  1960-1964)

Robert F. Kennon (1952-1956)John J. McKeithen (1964-1972); Edwin W. Edwards (1972-1980;  1984-1988: 1992-1996); David Treen (1980-1984); Buddy Roemer (1988-1992); Murphy J. "Mike" Foster Jr. (1996-2004); Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (2004-2008); Bobby Jindal (2008- ); Index

Sommario/riassunto

Walter Greaves Cowan and Jack B. McGuire, veteran authorities on the Louisiana political scene, trace the history of the state's leaders from the French and Spanish colonial eras to the present day. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews with the recent governors, they describe unforgettable personalities. Such early figures as Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville set the tone for later colonial governors. They had their troubles, fending off protesting Indians and other French and Spanish leaders vying for power. Following the Louisiana Purcha