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To make men free : a history of the Republican Party / Heather Cox Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Heather Cox.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- History.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 393 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
- Summary:
- "In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, showing how Republicans' ideological vacillations have had terrible repercussions for minorities, the middle class, and America at large."--from publisher's description.
- Contents:
- The west as a land of promise
- Government of the people, by the people, for the people
- Republicans or radicals?
- Abandoning equality
- Republicans and big business
- Republicans become liberals
- The business of America is business
- Republicans and the New Deal
- A new Republican vision
- The rise of movement conservatism
- Movement conservatives capture the GOP
- The west as an idea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465024319
- 9780465024315
- OCLC:
- 882738684
- Publisher Number:
- 99960007166
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