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The doom of Reconstruction : the liberal Republicans in the Civil War era

In the election of 1872, the conflict between President U.S. Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the Republican Party. In this study, Andrew Slap argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between party elites and a class-based radical reform movement

eBook, English, 2006
Fordham University Press, New York, 2006