3 reviews for:

The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War

Michael F. Holt

3.95 AVERAGE

lordgiovanni's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

jrlee27's review against another edition

4.0

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Long book: 980 pages of text much of it concerned with all kinds of election results data. The shear quantity of data was a drag for me and I think without it the book could have been reduced to less than a quarter of the size and still have conveyed a decent impression of the history. Indeed, so much data may actually get in the way. As it is I don't think one can deny that it is a comprehensive political history of the period and if one wants to get some knowledge of the antecedents (going back decades) of the Republican party and the Civil War I don't know of an alternative and, believe me, I would've preferred something not so weighted down with data.

camreviewsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

informative medium-paced