The Radical Republicans and Reform in New York during Reconstruction

The Radical Republicans and Reform in New York during Reconstruction
ISBN-10
1501742728
ISBN-13
9781501742729
Category
History
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2019-06-30
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Author
James C. Mohr

Description

New insights into the politics of the Reconstruction era are offered in this study. Contending that the North, as well as the South, underwent reconstruction after the Civil War, the author examines the kinds of legislation the Radical Republicans tried to enact when they gained control in New York. Reform is the central theme of the book: fire protection, public health, labor, education, and voting are some of the areas covered. White reaction to black suffrage, the author maintains, brought dissension to, and meant defeat for, a political coalition that had begun to launch a reform program with profound implications.

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