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The Political Crisis of the 1850s

Michael Fitzgibbon Holt

出版	Wiley, 1978
主題	History / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyPolitical Science / Political Process / General
ISBN	04714084099780471408406
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IYYTMB2q8qYC&hl=&source=gbs_api

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"Here is a significant new interpretation of antebellum politics and the causes of the War Between the States. Examining American political development from 1820-1861, this concise, provocative book traces the dynamics of the interparty conflict that first contained sectional controversy, and then aggravated it. Holt provides an original interpretation of the failure of the Whig-Democratic party structure in the 1850s. He connects these developments with the obsession of Americans in both North and South to perpetuate republican self-government. The author argues that this obsession was transformed into a frenzy by the temporary loss of confidence in the political process, finally driving countrymen to the point of killing each other in 1861. Along the way, Holt reassesses the role of slavery and the problem of race, the nature of the early Republican party, the interaction of national and state levels of government and more. Tough-minded and analytical, he combines the best of the ideological and the behavioral approaches to the era, advancing an arresting new theory on the most celebrated breakdown of the American democratic system."--Publisher.