The Birth of Mass Political Parties (eBook)

Michigan, 1827-1861

Ronald P. Formisano (Autor)

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2015
370 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6844-5 (ISBN)

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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 in Michigan. Examining the social bases of voter commitment and the dynamics of grass roots loyalties from Jackson to Lincoln, he proposes that the forming of parties had little to do with issues of political economy, but rather with value conflicts generated by the evangelicals' promotion of a moral society.Borrowing from other disciplines, and elaborating some of the analytical techniques used by Lee Benson in The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy, Professor Formisano studies demographic and voting data to determine patterns of partisan loyalty. His study throws light on the roots of the modern Republican Party, links between religion and politics, and the role of ethnic and cultural loyalties in political life.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • activism • Alien and Sedition Acts • Americanism (heresy) • american nationalism • American republican party • American System (economic plan) • anti-catholicism • Anti-Masonic Party • ballot box • bigotry • Campbellite • Central Committee • Christian Party (UK) • Citizens (Spanish political party) • Democratic Party (United States) • Doughface • Election • Electoral College (United States) • federalist party • first party system • Free Soil Party • Fusionism • Fusion Party • George Bancroft • Irish Catholic • jacksonian democracy • James Buchanan • Know Nothing • Lecompton Constitution • Legislature • Major party • Major religious groups • Manifest Destiny • Martin Van Buren • mass movement • mass politics • National Affairs • National Government (United Kingdom) • National policy • national power • national republican party • Nativism (politics) • New Nation (United States) • Opposition Bloc • Origins of the American Civil War • Party leader • Party line (politics) • Party organizer • Party System • Patriot War • Political Action Committee • Political Campaign • Political Consciousness • Political culture • Political Economy • Political entrepreneur • Political lists • political machine • Political Man • Political parties in the United States • Political Party • political radicalism • political revolution • Political Theology • political warfare • Politician • Politics • Politics as a Vocation • Politique • Popular referendum • popular sovereignty • Protestantism • Puritans • Radicalism (historical) • Realigning election • Repeal Association • Republican faction (Spanish Civil War) • Republicanism • Secession in the United States • Second Party System • slave power • Slavery • State Within A State • Statism • Suffrage • The American Political Tradition • The Public Interest • Toledo War • Tories (British political party) • Tyrant • voter registration • Voter turnout • Voting • voting bloc • war • warfare • Washingtonian movement • Whigs (British political party) • Zachariah Chandler
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6844-0 / 1400868440
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6844-5 / 9781400868445