Affairs of State: Public Life in Late Nineteenth Century America

Reprint of the first and only edition. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. ix, 631 pp. The post-Civil War era in the United States was marked by tension between existing values and the need for social change brought about by the post-war era. This work provides an insightful analysis into the political and legal developments of the era and their manifestation in public life in this unique time in American history.