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Author Richardson, Heather Cox.

Title To make men free : a history of the Republican Party / Heather Cox Richardson.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  324.2734 RICHARDSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  324.273 RICHARDSON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  324.2734 RICHARDSON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  324.2734 RICHARDSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  324.2734 RI    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 393 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-380) and index.
Contents The west as a land of promise -- Government of the people, by the people, for the people -- Republicans or radicals? -- Abandoning equality -- Republicans and big business -- Republicans become liberals -- The business of America is business -- Republicans and the New Deal -- A new Republican vision -- The rise of movement conservatism -- Movement conservatives capture the GOP -- The west as an idea.
Summary "In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, showing how Republicans' ideological vacillations have had terrible repercussions for minorities, the middle class, and America at large."--from publisher's description.
Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (OCoLC)fst00544975
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780465024315 (hardcover)
0465024319 (hardcover)
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