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Interlacing humor into his ongoing narrative, Robert Allen Rutland provides in The Democrats a readable, balanced account of how the Democratic party was founded, evolved, nearly died, and came back in the twentieth century, flourishing as a political melting pot despite numerous setbacks. This updated version of Rutland's much-heralded The Democrats: From Jefferson to Carter provides new insight into the long hiatus in the Democrats' presence in the White House between Carter and Clinton. In additon to analyzing Carter's successes and failures as president, Rutland also examines the forces that went into the Democratic defeats and Republican victories in 1980, 1984, and 1988, concluding with the election of another Jeffersonian Democrat, William Jefferson Clinton. The book ends with an examination of the dramatic results of the 1994 congressional elections that began to alert President Clinton to the challenge he would face in winning reelection in 1996.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontispiece, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Jimmy Carter
  3. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Chapter One: The Jeffersonian Genesis
  2. pp. 1-28
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  1. Chapter Two: An Era of Feelings—Good and Bad
  2. pp. 29-53
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  1. Chapter Three: The Jacksonian Revival
  2. pp. 54-81
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  1. Chapter Four: Democracy or Slavocracy?
  2. pp. 82-107
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  1. Chapter Five: Waving the Bloody Shirt
  2. pp. 108-132
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  1. Chapter Six: Cleveland: Honest and Lucky
  2. pp. 133-162
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  1. Chapter Seven: New Freedom, New Deal, and New Problems
  2. pp. 163-201
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  1. Chapter Eight: The Care of Human Life and Happiness
  2. pp. 202-242
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  1. Bibliographical Note
  2. pp. 243-250
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 251-264
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  1. Image Plates
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