| Bourbon Democracy in Alabama, 1874-1890 First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Going, Allen Johnston (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817305807 ISBN-13: 9780817305802 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1992 Annotation: The term Bourbon originated during Reconstruction and was used by the Radicals to label their Democratic opponents as anit-progressive and ultra-conservative. The term has been adopted generally to describe the period following the overthrow of Radical Reconstruction. Hailed as the definitive study of the subject when it appeared in 1951, Bourbon Democracy in Alabama analyzes and describes the state government of Alabama during the Bourbon period as it operated under the Democratic and Conservative party. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 976.106 |
| LCCN: 91-35780 |
| Series: Library Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.51" W x 8.56" (0.80 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hailed as the definitive study of the subject when it appeared in 1951, Bourbon Democracy in Alabama analyzes and describes the state government of Alabama during the Bourbon Period as it operated under the Democratic and Conservative party. For this edition, the author has prepared a new foreword in which he surveys recent scholarship. The term Bourbon originated during the Reconstruction Era and was used by the Radicals to label their Democratic opponents as anti-progressive and ultraconservative. The term has been adopted generally to describe the period following the overthrow of Radical Reconstruction. |