Railroads, Reconstruction, and the Gospel of Prosperity: Aid Under the Radical Republicans, 1865-1877


Hardcover
- Price:
- $167.00/£142.00
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- Published:
- Apr 19, 2016
- Copyright:
- 1984
- Pages:
- 378
- Size:
- 7 x 10 in.
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This book describes the southern Republicans’ post- Civil War railroad aid program—the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity” designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a neglected facet of the postwar era: the attempt to build a new South and a biracial Republican majority through railroad aid.
Originally published in 1984.
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