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1866: The Critical Year Revisited - Softcover

Riddleberger, Patrick W.

 
9780819142399: 1866: The Critical Year Revisited
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0819142395 ISBN 13: 9780819142399
Publisher: University Press of America, 1984

Synopsis

Originally published in 1979 by the Southern Illinois University Press, this volume is a narrative and interpretive account of the struggle between President Andrew Johnson and Congress over the nature of the Constitution and the Union, the meaning of Black freedom, and reconstruction policy during a crucial time in the early post-Civil War era. Written for both the specialist and the general reader in Reconstruction history, Riddleberger's clear narrative of national politics in 1866 and his synthesis and criticism of Beale's work and the works of such revisionist historians as Eric McKitrick, Lawanda and John Cox, W.R. Brock, and Stanley Coben make this book a solid contribution to the current reappraisal of the presidency of Andrew Johnson and the events of that critical year.

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About the Author

Patrick W. Riddleberger is Professor of History, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

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Publisher
University Press of America
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0819142395
ISBN 13 
9780819142399
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
306