LEADER 04692nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910812313003321 005 20240506033733.0 010 $a979-82-16-00601-5 010 $a1-280-90880-7 010 $a9786610908806 010 $a0-313-01706-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216006015 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002318 035 $a(EBL)497011 035 $a(OCoLC)58810622 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307854 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307854 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245363 035 $a(PQKB)11174275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497011 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10362855 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497011 035 $a(OCoLC)52040510 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216006015BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002318 100 $a20030328d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Reconstruction era $eprimary documents on events from 1865 to 1877 /$fDonna L. Dickerson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2003. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (452 p.) 225 1 $aDebating historical issues in the media of the time,$x1542-8079 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-32094-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 407-410) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 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, 1869-77 327 $aChapter 23: Chinese Immigration, 1867-72Chapter 24: Boss Tweed and His New York Ring, 1870-73; Chapter 25: The Cre?dit 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 330 $aAs the sole purveyors of news and opinion, Reconstruction-era newspapers bent and spindled American public opinion with little regard for independent journalism and great regard for party politics. In other words, the newspapers of the Reconstruction era served political rather than social needs. The issues facing the nation were momentous, and opinions on how to deal with the problems were vigorously presented and defended. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country's print media, this book reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans use 410 0$aDebating historical issues in the media of the time. 606 $aAmerican newspapers$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$vSources 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xPress coverage 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xPublic opinion 615 0$aAmerican newspapers$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xPress coverage. 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xPublic opinion. 676 $a973.8 701 $aDickerson$b Donna Lee$f1948-$01614859 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812313003321 996 $aThe Reconstruction era$93944829 997 $aUNINA