The Conservative Regime

The Conservative Regime South Carolina, 1877-1890

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Publisher's Synopsis

First published in 1968, The Conservative Regime was the inaugural work from the prolific Cooper. An investigation of the way in which South Carolinians redefined their state in the wake of the Civil War and Reconstruction, the volume addresses two divergent political eras and the powerful figures who shaped them. The 1876 election of General Wade Hampton as governor marked the end of Reconstruction and the withdrawal of federal troops from South Carolina and returned the state to one-party Democratic rule under Hampton's ""Redeemers"" or ""Bourbons."" Bourbon rule brought limited cooperation with African American leadership, but little in the way of economic growth and what profits of industry were to be had remained securely in the hands of the Old Guard. Reaction to the do-nothing policies of Hampton and the Bourbons brought the rise of Ben Tillman to the state's highest office and the evocation of more progressive thinking in the late 1880s.

Book information

ISBN: 9781570035975
Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of South Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: Pbk Edition
DEWEY: 975.7041
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 313g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 15mm