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The American political nation, 1838-1893

Author: Joel H Silbey
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1991.
Series: Stanford studies in the new political history.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joel H Silbey
ISBN: 0804718784 9780804718783 0804723389 9780804723381
OCLC Number: 22889505
Description: xii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: "The Lost Atlantis" --
The Contours of the American Political Nation: The Road to 1838 --
"The Country Demands the Existence of Parties" --
"Organize! Organize! Organize!" --
The Connecting Tissue: Ideas, Principles, and Policies in American Politics --
"There Is No Middle Ground": The Idioms of Political Warfare, 1838-1860 --
"The Moral Power of Any Party": The Boundaries of Politics in a Partisan Political Nation --
The Shrine of Party --
"To the Polls": The Structure of Popular Voting Behavior, 1838-1892 --
"To the Polls": The Voter Decides --
The Party State: Partisan Government in a Partisan Political Nation --
"Talk Not of Regularity and Party Associations": Challengers in the American Political Nation, 1838-1893 --
"When the Honor of the Country and the Vitality of Their Government Are at Stake": The System Ages, 1865-1893 --
Epilogue: After the Fall --
Contemporary Newspapers and Journals.
Series Title: Stanford studies in the new political history.
Responsibility: Joel H. Silbey.
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