During the 1850s, the Jacksonian party system broke down in the North and a new sectional party, the Republicans, succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two party system. Using demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis,as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history, William Gienapp powerfully demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process, and explains why, even after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force.
ISBN: | 9780195041002 |
Publication date: | 24th September 1987 |
Author: | William E. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Wyoming, Assistant Professor of History, University of Wyomi Gienapp |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 640 pages |
Genres: |
Political parties and party platforms |