Grand Old Party : a history of the Republicans /

This highly readable narrative history of the Republican Party profiles the G.O.P. from its emergence as an antislavery party during the 1850s to its current place as champion of political conservatism.

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Main Author: Gould, Lewis L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
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Table of Contents:
  • The party of Lincoln, 1854-1865
  • Republicans and Reconstruction, 1865-1877
  • Republicans in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893
  • Mckinley to Roosevelt, 1893-1904
  • The Taft-Roosevelt split, 1905-1912
  • Republicans during the Wilson years, 1913-1921
  • The age of Republican dominance, 1921-1933
  • The Republicans in the age of the New Deal, 1933-1945
  • From "had enough?" to modern Republicanism, 1933-1945
  • From Goldwater to Watergate, 1961-1974
  • Republicans in the Reagan era, 1974-1988
  • Bush to Gingrich to Bush, 1988-2000
  • Conclusion: the historical legacy of the Republican Party.