A dangerous stir : fear, paranoia, and the making of Reconstruction

A dangerous stir : fear, paranoia, and the making of Reconstruction / Mark Wahlgren Summers.

Author/creator	Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Description	329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Psychological aspects. Fear--United States --History --19th century. Anxiety--United States --History --19th century.

Series	Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557
Contents	Prologue: empire day? -- Paranoid politics, 1789-1861 -- Copperheads and consolidationists, 1861-1865 -- Black scare: the South after slavery -- Have we a constitution? --Do they want still more blood? Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction -- Horrors on horrors accumulate: July 1866 -- Do you want Andrew Johnson for president or king? -- A dangerous stir in Maryland -- Impeachment fevers, 1867 -- If you don't kill the beast: impeachment at last -- Let us have peace -- The wolf who cried wolf -- Coda: the dog that barked too much at night.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
LCCN	2009009375
ISBN	9780807833049 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807833045 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E668 .S93 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold