The Birth of Mass Political Parties : : Michigan, 1827-1861 / / Ronald P. Formisano.
The first mass political parties appeared in the United States in the 1830's, as the majority of adult white males identified ardently with the Democratic and Whig parties. Ronald Formisano opens a window on American political culture in this case study of antebellum voting and party formation...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1971 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I. The Historical Problem of Party Formation
- II. Michigan and the Party System
- III. Economic Interest, Elites, Classes, and Parties: 1837-1852
- IV. Party, Antiparty, and Political Character
- V. Alien Suffrage and Party Formation
- VI. Moral Society v. Laissez Faire Ethics: Evangelicals
- VII. The Whigs and the Moralization of Politics
- VIII. Religious Groups and Parties: 1837-1852
- IX. Ethnocultural Groups and Parties: 1837-1852
- X. Preparation for Change: 1844-1852
- XI. The Old Farty Structure Shakes: 1853
- XII. Rise of the Anti-Democratic Coalition: 1854-1855
- XIII. The Crusade for White Freedom
- XIV. Republicans and Democrats: 1854-1860
- XV. Party, the Antiaristocratic Impulse and the Evangelical Revival
- Appendices
- Index