Grand Old Party : a history of the Republicans / / Lewis L. Gould

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809583103321
• Autore: Gould Lewis L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-19-994348-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 598 p. ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 324.273409
• Soggetti: Political parties - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-567) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This highly readable narrative history of the Republican Party profiles the G.O.P. from its emergence as an antislavery party during the 1850's to its current place as champion of political conservatism.