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Author:

Witcover, Jules.

Title:

Party of the people : a history of the Democrats / Jules Witcover.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xvi, 826 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [781]-790) and index.

Contents:

Unwanted pregnancy, 1775-1792 -- New party is born, 1792-1796 -- Heartbeat from power, 1797-1800 -- New party takes over, 1800-1801 -- Jeffersonian era begins, 1801-1809 -- Party stands alone, 1809-1827 -- Jacksonian Democracy, 1828-1836 -- Jacksonianism without Jackson, 1837-1844 -- Manifest Destiny, war and compromise, 1845-1852 -- Party self-destructs, 1853-1860 -- Civil War and Peace Democrats, 1861-1868 -- Wilderness years, 1869-1880 -- On the road to party recovery, 1881-1896 -- Bryan era, 1896-1912 -- Wilson and the New Freedom, 1912-1915 -- Great War tests the party, 1916-1920 -- Sidewalks of New York, 1920-1933 -- FDR and the New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Democracy fights fascism, 1939-1945 -- Truman: the buck stops here, 1945-1948 -- Fair Deal, and end of an era, 1949-1952 -- In the shadow of a war hero, 1953-1960 -- JFK: the party bounces back, 1960 -- Beginning and end of the new frontier, 1961-1963 -- LBJ: rise and fall of the great society, 1963-1968 -- Democratic cataclysm, 1968 -- Reform, but not revival, 1968-1974 -- Post-Watergate interlude, 1974-1980 -- Bucking the Reagan revolution 1981-1984 -- Time for party soul-searching, 1985-1991 -- Different kind of Democrat, 1992 -- Looking like America, 1993-1996 -- Democratic phoenix, 1997-1999 -- Calamity in 2000.

Summary:

"In Party of the People, veteran political chronicler Jules Witcover traces the Democratic party's evolution, from its roots in the agrarian, individualistic concepts of Thomas Jefferson to its emergence as today's progressive party of social change and economic justice. Witcover describes the Democrats' dramatic struggle to define themselves and shares with us half a century of personal observation of the party through its most turbulent times."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9780375507427 (acid-free paper)
0375507426 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51511143

LCCN:

2003041269

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)