The American Party Battle: election campaign pamphlets, 1828-1876, Volume 2; Volumes 1854-1876Joel H Silbey The nineteenth century was the heyday of furious contention between American political parties, and Joel Silbey has recaptured the drama and substance of those battles in a representative sampling of party pamphlets. The pamphlets demonstrate how, for this fifty-year period, political parties were surrogates for American demands and values. |
Contents
Defining the Soul of the Nation | 1 |
New Issues and Parties Americans Republicans and Divided Democrats 18541860 | 53 |
The Culmination of the Battle for the Soul of America 18611876 | 151 |
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The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876 Joel H. Silbey No preview available - 1999 |
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