When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, 1865--1867

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction i Chapter I Social Disorder and Violence in the Land of the Vanquished 6 Chapter II Self-Reconstruction Begins: The Failure of Strait-Sect Unionism 24 Chapter III Southern Realism and Southern Honor: The Limits of SelfReconstruction 61 Chapter IV Uncertain Prophets in the Land of the Vanquished 96 Chapter V The Proslavery Argument in a World Without Slavery 147 Chapter VI Self-Reconstruction: The Final Act 176 Chapter VII Political Alternatives in the Land of Fog and Confusion 233 Index 277 This page intentionally left blank ...