This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad
aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity" designed
to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding
that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a
neglected facet of the postwar era: the attempt to build a new South and
a biracial Republican majority through railroad aid.
Originally published in 1984.
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