A companion to the Reconstruction presidents 1865-1881 / / edited by Edward O. Frantz

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (656 pages)
• Disciplina: 973.8
• Soggetto topico: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1865-1877
• Persona (resp. second.): FrantzEdward O.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Andrew Johnson -- Andrew Johnson before the presidency / Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein -- Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction / Erik Mathisen -- Andrew Johnson: race, the constitution and democracy / Aaron Astor -- The impeachment of Andrew Johnson / Luis Fuentes-Rohwer -- Foreign affairs and Andrew Johnson / Richard Zuczek -- Part II. Ulysses S. Grant -- Ulysses S. Grant: birth to the Mexican-American War / Pamela K. Sanfilippo -- Ulysses S. Grant: star on the rise, 1861-1863 / Brian Steel Wills -- Ulysses S. Grant: the making of a military politician, 1861-1865 / Brian Holden Reid -- The general-in-chief, 1864-1865 / William B. Feis -- Ulysses S. Grant goes to Washington: the commanding general as secretary of war / James J. Broomall -- The 1868 and 1872 elections / Andrew Prymak -- Looking for the popular culture of Grant's America / Woody Register -- Reconstruction during the Grant years: the conundrum of policy / Thomas R. Pegram -- Go west, young man: expansion and American Indian policy / Eric J. Morser -- Avoiding war: the foreign policy of Ulysses S. Grant and Hamilton Fish / Stephen McCullough -- Grant and historical memory / John F. Marszalek -- Grant and heroic leadership / Frank J. Williams -- Engagement rather than escape: Ulysses S. Grant's world tour, 1877-1879 / William M. Ferraro -- Part III. Rutherford B. Hayes -- "Crushing the traitors": Rutherford B. Hayes in the Civil War / John R. Lundberg -- Rutherford B. Hayes: the road to the White House / Allan Peskin -- Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877 / Marc-William Palen -- Hayes and civil service reform / Ari Hoogenboom -- The shattered dream: the shock of industrialization and the crisis of the free labor ideal / Eric Leif Davin -- Lifting the veil of obscurity?: Lucy Webb Hayes, America's first "First Lady" / Katherin E. Rohrer -- Part IV. The Age of Reconstruction -- Edison and the age of invention / David Hochfelder -- Centennial celebrations / John Hepp -- Community responsibilities, citizenship rights: gender and power in the Reconstruction era / Michelle Kuhl -- Playing on a new field: the U.S. Supreme Court in Reconstruction / Roman J. Hoyos -- Scandal, corruption / Robert W. Burg -- Ex-presidents in the Age of Reconstruction / Edward Frantz.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Represents the first comprehensive look at the presidencies of Johnson, Grant, and Hayes in one volumeFeatures contributions from top historians and presidential scholarsApproaches the study of these presidents from a historiographical perspectiveKey topics include each president's political career; foreign policy
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to the Reconstruction presidents 1865-1881
• ISBN: 1-118-60775-9; 1-118-60760-0; 1-118-60787-2; 1-118-60769-4; 9781118607695
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140268703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history.