Redeeming America’s Promise:

George S. Boutwell and the Politics of Race, Money and Power, 1818 - 1905

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© Jeffrey H. Boutwell, Ph.D.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preface

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List of Illustrations and Maps

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Introduction: The Past as Prologue

 

Section One: From Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., 1818-1860

Chapter 1: The Young Mr. Boutwell

Chapter 2: Rising Star in Massachusetts Politics

Chapter 3: Governor of Massachusetts

Chapter 4: Birth of the Republican Party

 

Section Two: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, 1860-1865

Chapter 5: Organizing for War

Chapter 6: Financing the War

Chapter 7: The Promise of Emancipation

 

Section Three: Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction Struggles, 1865-1868

Chapter 8: Reconstruction and the Fourteenth Amendment

Chapter 9: Impeaching the President

Chapter 10: The 1868 Election and The Fifteenth Amendment

 

Section Four: Ulysses Grant and America’s Troubled Rebirth, 1868-1885

Chapter 11: Managing America’s Economy

Chapter 12: The General and the Governor

Chapter 13: The Most Trusted Cabinet Member

Chapter 14: Reconstruction Dying

Chapter 15: With Grant to the End

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Section Five: Theodore Roosevelt and America Abroad, 1885-1905

Chapter 16: The Annexation of Hawaii and the Spanish-American War

Chapter 17: Republic or Empire?

Chapter 18: Imperialism and a “New” Emancipation Proclamation

 

Epilogue

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Acknowledgements

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Select Bibliography

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Endnotes

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Index