Research Catalog

Title

Search for consensus : the story of the Democratic Party / Ralph M. Goldman.

Author

Goldman, Ralph M. (Ralph Morris), 1920-2005

Publication

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1979.

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Details

Description

xi, 417 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Democratic Party (U.S.) > History
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Democratic Party USA
• Demokratische Partei (USA)
• Geschichte
• Politieke partijen
• Democratic Party

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Some preliminary theory and early history -- Political parties and community decisions -- Precursors of the party -- The Jeffersonian caucus -- The Jeffersonian party-in-the-electorate -- 2. Democratic transformation of the Presidency -- Crises in college and caucus -- Jacksonian mobilization of the electorate -- Van Buren and incorporation of the Jacksonians -- 3. Broken party, broken nation -- States' Rights versus Union in the Van Buren era -- Titular leader and dark horse -- Uneasy coalitions, 1848-1852 -- Party division and national disaster -- 4. Partisan war and the liquidation of reconstruction -- War Democrats versus Peace Democrats -- The radical Republican assault on Presidential government -- Union Republican, Union Democrat, and reconstruction plans -- "Johnson's Party" versus "The Directory" -- Reconstruction of Democratic factions -- 5. Fighting factions of the Tilden-Bryan period -- Retiring Tilden and recruiting Cleveland -- Money issues: patronage, tariff, silver -- Awkward coalition: bankers and Populists -- Bryan's silver coins and cross of gold -- 6. In the wilderness with William Jennings Bryan -- Bryan: activist titular leader -- From Populism to Progressivism -- "Democracy versus Plutocracy" -- Wilson: Progressive nominee, minority President -- 7. Wilsonians, bosses, and bigots -- Wilson's "Parliamentary" Presidential party -- Nonpartisan for war but partisan for peace -- The irreconcilables: bossses versus klansmen -- Roosevelt: changing party organization and electorate behavior -- 8. New Deal, fair deal, loyal opposition -- Building the New Deal Coalition -- Winning a third term and a World War -- A fair deal and more party discipline under Truman -- Stevenson's "loyal opposition" -- 9. Reincarnations of the New Deal Coalition -- The brothers Kennedy -- The great society and the Johnson anomaly -- Organizational reform and factional insurgency -- Watergate entry, Vietnam exit -- A new spirit -- 10. The party's changing architecture: at the grass roots -- The party-in-the-electorate: voters, interests, and issues -- Grass-roots organization -- A decline in party loyalty -- 11. The party's changing architecture: at the national level -- Stakes in the states -- Sectionalism: then and now -- The party-in-Congress -- The Presidential party: leaders and organizations -- The National Convention in transition -- Beyond the nation: a Democratic international? -- Epilogue -- Dilemmas of a transitional era -- Replenishing the reservoir of leadership -- Appendix: Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States.

ISBN

• 0877221529
• 9780877221524

LCCN

79001207

OCLC

• ocm04665560
• 4665560
• SCSB-143952

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library