Russian-American dialogue on the history of U.S. political parties / edited by Joel H. Silbey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silbey, Joel H.

Series:

Russian-American dialogues on United States history ; v. 4.

Russian-American dialogues on United States history ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States--History.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Russian-American Dialogue on the History of U.S. Political Parties is the fourth volume in the Russian-American Dialogues series--a series that brings together scholars in the former Soviet Union and the United States who share an interest in the study of America's heritage and its importance to contemporary Russia. In this valuable work, Russian scholars such as N. V. Sivachev, Alexander S. Manykin, and Vladimir V. Sogrin examine the history of American political parties and the role they played across two centuries. The Russians draw their own conclusions about the durability of the two-party system, giving careful consideration to historical crises--the secessionist movement and the Civil War, the reform era of the Populists and Progressives at the turn of the twentieth century, the Great Depression and the New Deal--in which the two-party structure was tested. Russian perspectives are also applied in analyzing the evolution of particular parties, from the rise and fall of the nineteenth-century Whigs to the shifting balance between twentieth-century Democrats and Republicans. The dialogue is then developed through commentaries by American historians such as Allan G. Bogue and Theodore J. Lowi and through counter-responses, often strongly expressed, by the Russian authors. This lively exchange of ideas helps advance an understanding of key aspects of American party history and offers thought-provoking discussions of comparative international studies and historiography. Because the book provides unique perspectives on the American partisan experience by non-American specialists, it will be welcomed by all historians, as well as by anyone with an interest in the American-Russian connection.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Joint Preface

Editor's Preface

Acknowledgments

The U.S. Two-Party System: Past and Present ( Several Methodological Problems for Research)

Comment

Response

The Origins of the American Political Parties in the United States

Democrats and Whigs

Parties and Political Debates in the Secession Crisis (1860-1861)

Conservatism versus Revolution

Silver against Gold

The Democratic Party in Opposition

Alfred E. Smith and the Conservative Political Tradition in the 1920s-1930s

Electoral Strategy of the Republican Party in the 1970s Early 1980s

Several Conclusions from Studying the History of the U. S. Two- Party System

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6401-8

OCLC:

191952679