The birth of the Grand Old Party : the Republicans' first generation edited by Robert F. Engs and Randall M. Miller ; afterword by James M. McPherson

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engs, Robert Francis.

Miller, Randall M.

Library Company of Philadelphia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--19th century.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Physical Description:

x, 202 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002.

Contents:

Ideology of the Republican party / Eric Foner

Making and mobilizing the Republican party, 1854-1860 / Michael F. Holt

War is the health of the party: Republicans in the American Civil War / Phillip Shaw Paludan

Genesis and growth of the republican party: a brief history

Politics purified: religion and the growth of antislavery idealism in Republican ideology during the Civil War / Mark E. Neely, Jr.

Defining postwar Republicanism: congressional Republicans and the boundaries of citizenship / Jean H. Baker

Reforging of a Republican majority / Brooks D. Simpson

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-192) and index.

ISBN:

0812236742 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0812218205 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

49553738