Kousser, J. Morgan (1986) A Review Essay: Reconstruction Compared to What? [Book Review]. Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies, 7 (3). pp. 290-298. ISSN 1743-9523. doi:10.1080/01440398608574918. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131010-100019528
Full text is not posted in this repository. Consult Related URLs below.
Use this Persistent URL to link to this item: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131010-100019528
Abstract
There are three elements to every complete historical interpretation: a descriptive comparison, a causal argument based on the description, and a justification of the comparison. For instance, historians of Reconstruction in the U.S. often ask how different the political, social, or economic systems were before 1860, between 1865 and the mid-1870s, and/or after 1877; or they compare the experiences of the freedmen in the U.S. to those of their counterparts in the Caribbean islands, Brazil, or Russia; or they contrast southern postbellum economic growth with that of other regions of the country or the world; or they counterpose some part of the American experience, such as Andrew Johnson's political ineptitude, to a hypothetical counterfactual situation.
| Item Type: | Article | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related URLs: |
| |||||||||||||||
| Alternate Title: | When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, 1865-1867, Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862-1877. | |||||||||||||||
| Additional Information: | © 1986 Taylor & Francis. Published online: 13 Jun 2008. Book Review of: When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self‐Reconstruction in the South, 1865–1867. Dan Carter. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press. 1985. Book Review of: Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862–1877. Ted Tunnell. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press. 1984 | |||||||||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/01440398608574918 | |||||||||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20131010-100019528 | |||||||||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131010-100019528 | |||||||||||||||
| Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | |||||||||||||||
| ID Code: | 41864 | |||||||||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechAUTHORS | |||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | SWORD User | |||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 18 Oct 2013 18:31 | |||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2021 04:35 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page
