The revolution that failed : reconstruction in Natchitoches / Adam Fairclough.

By:

Fairclough, Adam [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813052168

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F377 .R486 2018

Online resources:

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Contents:

The collapse of Confederate Louisiana -- Freedom and survival -- The lost cause and the politics of loyalty -- Organizing the Republican Party -- Louisiana democrats and the 1868 elections -- Republicans in power -- Unprincipled politics -- The Natchitoches "scalawags" -- The White League insurrection -- The politics of murder -- The election of 1876 -- The Compromise of 1877 -- End game in Natchitoches -- The slow death of the Republican Party -- Reconstruction's legacy and the Civil Rights Movement.

Subject: The book combines a fine-grain local study of the oldest European settlement in Louisiana, with the story of Reconstruction at the state and national level. It offers a dramatic narrative of political, racial, and personal conflicts, while putting forward an analysis of Reconstruction that challenges current received wisdom.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	F377.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1023028400

Includes bibliographies and index.

Reconstruction in history -- The collapse of Confederate Louisiana -- Freedom and survival -- The lost cause and the politics of loyalty -- Organizing the Republican Party -- Louisiana democrats and the 1868 elections -- Republicans in power -- Unprincipled politics -- The Natchitoches "scalawags" -- The White League insurrection -- The politics of murder -- The election of 1876 -- The Compromise of 1877 -- End game in Natchitoches -- The slow death of the Republican Party -- Reconstruction's legacy and the Civil Rights Movement.

The book combines a fine-grain local study of the oldest European settlement in Louisiana, with the story of Reconstruction at the state and national level. It offers a dramatic narrative of political, racial, and personal conflicts, while putting forward an analysis of Reconstruction that challenges current received wisdom.

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