Gold and freedom: the political economy of Reconstruction

Note on statistical and geographic analysis

Introduction

Part I. Sectionalism. Sectionalism : the view from the Midwest ; Gold and paper : how money became sectional ; Economic policy and spatial justice : taxation and the tariff

Part II. Reconstruction. Closing the books on the war : republicanism, civil rights, finance ; For the good of the country and the party ; The Republican retreat to the North

Epilogue: On space in politics.