{"product_id":"the-conservative-regime-south-carolina-1877-1890-paperback","title":"The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive study of post-Reconstruction political culture in South Carolina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1968, \u003ci\u003eThe Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most often cited texts on the era. In the study that inaugurated his distinguished career, William J. Cooper, Jr., addresses two divergent political eras and the powerful figures who shaped them as South Carolina redefined itself in the wake of the Civil War and Reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1876 election of former Confederate general Wade Hampton as governor marked the end of Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of Federal troops from South Carolina and returned the state to one-party Democratic rule under Hampton's Confederate-veteran \"Redeemers,\" or \"Bourbons.\" Bourbon rule saw limited cooperation with African American leadership, but little in the way of economic growth. Reaction to the do-nothing policies of Hampton and the Bourbons brought the rise of Ben Tillman to the state's highest office. In this germinal account of the transition of power, Cooper assesses the ideology inherent in the politics of the planter-class Democrats to best understand their ascendance and subsequent downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of\u003ci\u003e The Conservative Regime\u003c\/i\u003e is augmented by a new preface from Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this detailed revisionist study, William J. Cooper, Jr. focuses on the Conservative government of the state of South Carolina and challenges many of the commonly held views about the period, including some expressed by C. Vann Woodward in his influential book Origins Of The New South. Cooper provides a thorough analysis of the general political methods and policies of the ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of South Carolina, \u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Cooper, Jr., \u003c\/b\u003e is Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiberty and Slavery: Southern Politics to 1860; The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828-1856;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJefferson Davis, American;\u003c\/i\u003e coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe American South: A History;\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWriting the Civil War: The Quest to Understand.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 239\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426842329266,"sku":"9781570035975","price":37.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f4b83b0bfc1fb3ddfe213e6a11812ef7.webp?v=1778518640","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-conservative-regime-south-carolina-1877-1890-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}