Preserving the Constitution : Essays on Politics and the Constitution in the Era of Reconstruction.

Intro -- Preserving the Constitution -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Politics, the Constitution, and Reconstruction -- Chapter 1: Preserving the Constitution: The Conservative Basis of Radical Reconstruction -- Chapter 2: The Rout of Radicalism: Republicans and the Elections of 1867 -- Chapter 3: A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson -- Part II: Parties and Factions in Civil War-Era Politics -- Chapter 4: The Party, Going Strong: Congress and Elections in the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 5: Factionalism and Representation: Some Insight from the Nineteenth-Century United States -- Part III: Politics, the Constitution, and the Retreat from Reconstruction -- Chapter 6: The Politics of Reconstruction -- Chapter 7: Salmon P. Chase and Constitutional Politics -- Chapter 8: The Problem of Constitutionalism and Constitutional Liberty in the Reconstruction South -- Chapter 9: Reform Republicans and the Retreat from Reconstruction -- Chapter 10: Southern Democrats in the Crisis of 1876-77: A Reconsideration of Reunion and Reaction -- Appendix 1: Electoral Count Roll Calls -- Appendix II: Electoral Roll Calls Utilized for Scale Analysis -- Notes -- Index.

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