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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- The Era of Good Stealings
- ISBN-10
- 019507503X
- ISBN
- 9780195075038
- Subject Area
- Political Science, History
- Publication Name
- Era of Good Stealings
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Subject
- Corruption & Misconduct, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Item Weight
- 31 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 408 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019507503X
ISBN-13
9780195075038
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038251683
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
408 Pages
Publication Name
Era of Good Stealings
Language
English
Subject
Corruption & Misconduct, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
31 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
92-007604
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Mark W. Summers has become this generation's reigning expert onhistorical political corruption, an academic Lincoln Steffens with anextraordinary command of his subject and an important message for hisreaders."--The Historian, "It now appears safe to say that Mark Summers is the foremost authority onall varieties of political corruption in the Middle Period....He scarcely leavesa stone unturned....Summer's research is thoroughgoing, his analysis compellingand lively, and his careful point-counterpoint style is layered withqualifications and nuances-there are few black and white hats here. His depthand perspective makes this essential reading for students of postwar politicalculture and public life."--Civil War History, "It now appears safe to say that Mark Summers is the foremost authority on all varieties of political corruption in the Middle Period....He scarcely leaves a stone unturned....Summer's research is thoroughgoing, his analysis compelling and lively, and his careful point-counterpoint style islayered with qualifications and nuances-there are few black and white hats here. His depth and perspective makes this essential reading for students of postwar political culture and public life."--Civil War History, "This is an important contribution to our understanding of post-Civil Warpolitics and of American culture more generally."--American HistoricalReview, "Fresh, stimulating, and vigorously done, well worth the attention of specialists in Reconstruction and US political culture."--Choice, "Mark Summers's research is so thorough, his analysis so original, and hisprose so sprightly that the Era of Good Stealings becomes the book on politicalcorruption during the Civil War and Reconstruction....This is an impressivebook. Prodigious research in manuscripts, newspapers, and government documents,a wealth of telling quotations, a wryly witty style, and a host of provocativeinterpretations make this a work of historical scholarship at itsbest."--Arkansas Historical Quarterly, "This study measures up to the high scholarly standards that characterized the author's earlier works....Summer's current book demonstrates exhaustive research, forceful prose, and an insightful discussion. It advances understanding of Reconstruction and the Grant administration."--The NorthCarolina Historical Review, "Summers's book is a valuable addition to post-bellum political history."--The Journal of American History, "Wonderfully revisionist, excellently researched, spritely written, and insightful; it is superior narrative history."--Journal of Economic History, "Mark Summers's research is so thorough, his analysis so original, and his prose so sprightly that the Era of Good Stealings becomes the book on political corruption during the Civil War and Reconstruction....This is an impressive book. Prodigious research in manuscripts, newspapers, andgovernment documents, a wealth of telling quotations, a wryly witty style, and a host of provocative interpretations make this a work of historical scholarship at its best."--Arkansas Historical Quarterly, "Summers's book is a valuable addition to post-bellum politicalhistory."--The Journal of American History, "Provides a lucid analysis of political plunder, its context, consequences, and reform responses from Appomattox through the Compromise of 1877. In the process Summers offers compelling insights into our postbellum political culture, ideology, and propaganda that make The Era of Good Stealingsa milestone in American political historiography....Required reading for every serious student of the history of the American political process."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, "Mark W. Summers has become this generation's reigning expert on historical political corruption, an academic Lincoln Steffens with an extraordinary command of his subject and an important message for his readers."--The Historian, "The Era of Good Stealings is much more than a study of corruption. It is an important and illuminating treatment of the politics and public values of the Gilded Age. And it is also full of marvelous insights about events and issues as well as of percipience about individuals."--GeorgiaHistorical Quarterly, "Provides a lucid analysis of political plunder, its context,consequences, and reform responses from Appomattox through the Compromise of1877. In the process Summers offers compelling insights into our postbellumpolitical culture, ideology, and propaganda that make The Era of Good Stealingsa milestone in American political historiography....Required reading for everyserious student of the history of the American political process."--Register ofthe Kentucky Historical Society, "Wonderfully revisionist, excellently researched, spritely written, andinsightful; it is superior narrative history."--Journal of EconomicHistory, "This is an important contribution to our understanding of post-Civil War politics and of American culture more generally."--American Historical Review, "This study measures up to the high scholarly standards that characterizedthe author's earlier works....Summer's current book demonstrates exhaustiveresearch, forceful prose, and an insightful discussion. It advancesunderstanding of Reconstruction and the Grant administration."--The NorthCarolina Historical Review, "Fresh, stimulating, and vigorously done, well worth the attention ofspecialists in Reconstruction and US political culture."--Choice, "The Era of Good Stealings is much more than a study of corruption. It isan important and illuminating treatment of the politics and public values of theGilded Age. And it is also full of marvelous insights about events and issues aswell as of percipience about individuals."--Georgia Historical Quarterly
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
352.0020973
Synopsis
Who, thinking of Reconstruction, fails to think of corruption? The Grant administration and the Great Barbecue remain inseparable in our minds. In his first book, The Plundering Generation, Mark W. Summers dealt with corruption and the breakdown of ethics in public life from 1849 to 1861. Now in a study of the post-Civil War years, he examines the aftermath of the war, when abuses of the public trust were all the fashion, from grafting South Carolina Republicans to plundering Tammany Hall delegates. Noting the effect of corruption on national politics during the era of Reconstruction, Summers nonetheless suggests the corruption issue may have had more important consequences than the misdeeds themselves. Indeed, the very forces that impelled corruption were the ones that defined and limited the character of reform. Official rascality raised the strongest possible argument for a scaled-down, cheap government, a professional civil service, and a retreat from Reconstruction. Without whitewashing villainy or blackguarding the liberal reformers, Summers re-examines the swindles, exposes the exaggerations and the self-interested motives of the accusers, and suggests ways in which the issue itself struck heavier blows at the way Americans governed themselves than did the acts of corruption., Who, thinking of Reconstruction, fails to think of corruption? The Grant administration and the Great Barbecue remain inseparable in our minds. In his first book, The Plundering Generation , Mark W. Summers dealt with corruption and the breakdown of ethics in public life from 1849 to 1861. Now in a study of the post-Civil War years, he examines the aftermath of the war, when abuses of the public trust were all the fashion, from grafting South Carolina Republicans to plundering Tammany Hall delegates. Noting the effect of corruption on national politics during the era of Reconstruction, Summers nonetheless suggests the corruption issue may have had more important consequences than the misdeeds themselves. Indeed, the very forces that impelled corruption were the ones that defined and limited the character of reform. Official rascality raised the strongest possible argument for a scaled-down, cheap government, a professional civil service, and a retreat from Reconstruction. Without whitewashing villainy or blackguarding the liberal reformers, Summers re-examines the swindles, exposes the exaggerations and the self-interested motives of the accusers, and suggests ways in which the issue itself struck heavier blows at the way Americans governed themselves than did the acts of corruption.
LC Classification Number
E668
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