PERSPECTIVES FROM AFAR:War, Politics, and Reconstruction: Stormy Days in Louisiana

Authors

James K. Hogue

ISBN

9781570036439

Price

$14.95 softcover

Publisher

University of South Carolina Press

Abstract

The Politics of Reconstruction: Henry Clay Warmoth and Louisiana

There is no more colorful and derogatory term in the lexicon of American politics than carpetbagger. Conjured up by cartoonish stereotypes from popular books and films like Birth of A Nation and Gone With the Wind<....