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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195055446

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Book TitleRise and Fall of the American Whig Party : Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War

Number of Pages1296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 19th Century, United States / General

Publication Year1999

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorMichael F. Holt

FormatHardcover

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Item Height2.1 in

Item Weight52.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Reviews"I think it is the best and most impressive book on the period to appear in years, and one of the most important books on nineteenth century politics ever written." --William E. Gienapp, Harvard University, "This book caps the career of a prominent political historian and will long be a staple for academic library collections in history and political science."--Library Journal, "Michael Holt's long-awaited magnum opus combines massive archival research and sophisticated analysis of election returns with judicious interpretations. Defying current academic fashions, this book displays not only the author's perseverance but his intellectual courage." --Daniel WalkerHowe, Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford University, "This book caps the career of a prominent political historian and willlong be a staple for academic library collections in history and politicalscience."--Library Journal, "Michael Holt's long-awaited magnum opus combines massive archivalresearch and sophisticated analysis of election returns with judiciousinterpretations. Defying current academic fashions, this book displays not onlythe author's perseverance but his intellectual courage." --Daniel Walker Howe,Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford University, "Steeped in extensive archival research, this detailed recounting of the policies and practices of Whig politicos and the party's achievements, shortcomings, and eventual demise will long stand as definitive."--Choice, "Mike Holt's history of the Whig Party is magisterial.... This massive book will have a thunderous impact on scholarship and on the understanding of the American past." --William J. Cooper, Jr., Louisiana State University, "Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Michael F. Holt has disinterred the party's entire 22-year history, examining it to see what mad eit tick and what brought about its demise."-- Stuart Ferguson, The Wall Street Journal, "I think it is the best and most impressive book on the period to appearin years, and one of the most important books on nineteenth century politicsever written." --William E. Gienapp, Harvard University, Mike Holt's history of the Whig Party is magesterial....this massive bookwill have a thunderous impact on scholarship and on the understanding of theAmerican past." --William J. Cooper, Jr., Louisiana State University, "Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Michael F. Holthas disinterred the party's entire 22-year history, examining it to see what madeit tick and what brought about its demise."-- Stuart Ferguson, The Wall StreetJournal, "In its short life the Whig party helped shape the political and economic institutions of the antebellum United States. And the party's death in the mid-1850's was both effect and cause of the political breakdown that led to secession and Civil War. Michael Holt tells this story in moredetail and with deeper insight than any other historian. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party will instantly become an indispensable reference work on antebellum political history." --James McPherson, Princeton University, "Steeped in extensive archival research, this detailed recounting of thepolicies and practices of Whig politicos and the party's achievements,shortcomings, and eventual demise will long stand as definitive."--Choice, "Mike Holt's history of the Whig Party is magisterial.... This massivebook will have a thunderous impact on scholarship and on the understanding ofthe American past." --William J. Cooper, Jr., Louisiana State University, Mike Holt's history of the Whig Party is magesterial....this massive book will have a thunderous impact on scholarship and on the understanding of the American past." --William J. Cooper, Jr., Louisiana State University, "In its short life the Whig party helped shape the political and economic institutions of the antebellum United States. And the party's death in the mid-1850's was both effect and cause of the political breakdown that led to secession and Civil War. Michael Holt tells this story in moredetail and with deeper insight than any other historian. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party will instantly become an indispensable reference work on antebellum political history."--James McPherson, Princeton University

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Dewey Decimal324.2732/3/09

SynopsisThe political home of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, and the young Abraham Lincoln, the American Whig Party was involved at every level of American politics--local, state, and federal--in the years before the Civil War, and controlled the White House for eight of the twenty-two years that it existed. Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written--a monumental history covering in rich detail the American political landscape from the Age of Jackson to impending disunion. In Michael Holt's hands, the history of the Whig Party becomes a political history of the United States during the tumultuous Antebellum period. He offers a panoramic account of a time when a welter of parties (Whig, Democratic, Anti-Mason, Know Nothing, Free Soil, Republican) and many extraordinary political statesmen (including Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, William Seward, Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay) struggled to control the national agenda as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events rocked the country, including the Nullification Controversy, the Panic of 1837, the Annexation of Texas, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Holt captures all of this as he shows that, amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, repeatedly trying to find a compromise position. Indeed, the Whig Party emerges as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession and civil war. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party is a magisterial work of history, one that has already been hailed by William Gienapp of Harvard as "one of the most important books on nineteenth-century politics ever written.", The political home of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, and the young Abraham Lincoln, the American Whig Party was involved at every level of American politics--local, state, and federal--in the years before the Civil War, and controlled the White House for eight of the twenty-two years that it existed. Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written--a monumental history covering in rich detail the American political landscape from the Age of Jackson to impending disunion. In Michael Holt's hands, the history of the Whig Party becomes a political history of the United States during the tumultuous Antebellum period. He offers a panoramic account of a time when a welter of parties (Whig, Democratic, Anti-Mason, Know Nothing, Free Soil, Republican) and many extraordinary political statesmen (including Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, William Seward, Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay) struggled to control the national agenda as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events rocked the country, including the Nullification Controversy, the Panic of 1837, the Annexation of Texas, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Holt captures all of this as he shows that, amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, repeatedly trying to find a compromise position. Indeed, the Whig Party emerges as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession and civil war. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party is a magisterial work of history, one that has already been hailed by William Gienapp of Harvard as as "one of the most important books on nineteenth-century politics ever written.", The political home of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, and the young Abraham Lincoln, the American Whig Party was involved at every level of American politics--local, state, and federal--in the years before the Civil War, and controlled the White House for eight of the twenty-two years that it existed. Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party , Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written--a monumental history covering in rich detail the American political landscape from the Age of Jackson to impending disunion. In Michael Holt's hands, the history of the Whig Party becomes a political history of the United States during the tumultuous Antebellum period. He offers a panoramic account of a time when a welter of parties (Whig, Democratic, Anti-Mason, Know Nothing, Free Soil, Republican) and many extraordinary political statesmen (including Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, William Seward, Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay) struggled to control the national agenda as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events rocked the country, including the Nullification Controversy, the Panic of 1837, the Annexation of Texas, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Holt captures all of this as he shows that, amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, repeatedly trying to find a compromise position. Indeed, the Whig Party emerges as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession and civil war. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party is a magisterial work of history, one that has already been hailed by William Gienapp of Harvard as "one of the most important books on nineteenth-century politics ever written.", This monumental history of the Whig Party and of the United States in the decades before the Civil War constitutes "one of the most important books on 19th-century politics ever written" (William Gienapp, Harvard University).

LC Classification NumberJK2331.H63 1999