Reconstruction in Texas

by Charles William Ramsdell

Overview

A reprint of the 1910 study, Reconstruction in Texas examines the events that still impact upon Texas and the South.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292700314
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	01/01/1970
Series:	Texas History Paperbacks , #6
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Charles William Ramsdell (1877-1942) taught history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Chapter I. The Secession Movement
  • Chapter II. Texas During the War
  • Chapter III. The Break-Up
    • 1. Decline and Collapse of Confederate Military Power
    • 2. Confusion about Cotton
    • 3. The Negro Question and Labor Conditions
• Part I—Presidential Reconstruction
  • Chapter IV. The State Under Provisional Government
    • 1. Inauguration of the New Régime
    • 2. Loyalty and Disloyalty in the State
    • 3. The Freedmen and the Freedmen’s Bureau
    • 4. Relations of the Civil and the Military Authorities
  • Chapter V. The Constitutional Convention of 1866
  • Chapter VI. The Restoration of State Government
    • 1. The State Elections of 1866
    • 2. Inauguration of the New Government
    • 3. The Eleventh Legislature
    • 4. Problems and Policies of Throckmorton’s Administration
• Part II—Congressional Reconstruction
  • Chapter VII. The Undoing of Civil Government
    • 1. The Reconstruction Acts
    • 2. The Provisional State Government and the Military Commanders
  • Chapter VIII. Radical-Military Rule
    • 1. Radical Politics and Factions
    • 2. Removal of Sheridan; Reversal of Military Policy by Hancock
  • Chapter IX. The Reconstruction Convention of 1868-1869
    • 1. First Session
    • 2. Conditions during the Recess; Presidential Election
    • 3. Second Session
  • Chapter X. The Campaign and Election of 1869
    • 1. The Appeal to Congress
    • 2. The Formation of Tickets
    • 3. The Canvass: Radicals Supported by Grant
    • 4. The Election
  • Chapter XI. The Final Act of Reconstruction
• Epilogue
  • Chapter XII. Radical Rule and Its Overthrow
    • 1. Policies and Legislation
    • 2. Growth of the Opposition
    • 3. Election of 1873 and the End
• Bibliography
• Index

Editorial Reviews

Ramsdell, who wrote the book in 1910, had a closer vantage point in time from which to view reconstruction. A study of the work today is more than justifiable.

San Antonio Light