The Political Crisis of the 1850s by Michael F. Holt

The Political Crisis of the 1850s

Michael F. Holt

352 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Holt sees the Civil War as representing a breakdown in America's democratic political process, more specifically the Second Party System of Whigs and Democrats. He demonstrates this system's success, beginning in the 1820s and 1830s, in confining ...

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