The party period and public policy : American politics from the Age of Jackson to the Progressive Era / Richard L. McCormick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormick, Richard L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States--History.

Political parties.

Progressivism (United States politics).

United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989, c1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These essays describe and analyze key developments in American politics and government in an era when political parties commanded mass loyalties and wielded unprecedented power over government affairs.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Ethnocultural Interpretations of Nineteenth-Century American Voting Behavior; 2. The Realignment Synthesis in American History; 3. The Social Analysis of American Political History-After Twenty Years; 4. Political Parties in American History; 5. The Party Period and Public Policy: An Exploratory Hypothesis; 6. Antiparty Thought in the Gilded Age; 7. Progressivism: A Contemporary Reassessment; 8. Prelude to Progressivism: The Transformation of New York State Politics, 1890-1910

9. The Discovery That Business Corrupts Politics: A Reappraisal of the Origins of ProgressivismIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1989."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-43986-6

0-19-802093-7

OCLC:

476014823