The Partisan Imperative: The Dynamics of American Politics Before the Civil War

by Joel H. Silbey

Book Overview

Was slavery really the most significant issue in American politics just before the Civil War? No, says Joel Silbey in this provocative revisionist work. Using the insights of the new political history (to which he has been a major contributor), Silbey shows how local issues, ethnic and religious attitudes, and, most important, the power and persistence of national political parties were actually the key elements animating the political life of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195035518
• ISBN13: 9780195035513
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.