The Birth of the Grand Old Party: The Republicans' First Generation

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Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 chapter 1 The Ideology of the Republican Party Eric Foner 8 chapter 2 Making and Mobilizing the Republican Party, 1854–1860 Michael F. Holt 29 chapter 3 War Is the Health of the Party: Republicans in the American Civil War Phillip Shaw Paludan 60 the genesis and groth of the republican party: a brief history 81 chapter 4 Politics Purified: Religion and the Growth of Antislavery Idealism in Republican Ideology During the Civil War Mark E. Neely, Jr. 103 chapter 5 Defining Postwar Republicanism: Congressional Republicans and the Boundaries of Citizenship Jean H. Baker 128 chapter 6 The Reforging of a Republican Majority Brooks D. Simpson 148 Afterword James M. McPherson 167 Notes 171 Select Bibliography 187 List of Contributors 193 Index 195 ...