Author: F. ByrdsallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The History of the Loco-foco, Or Equal Rights Party, Its Movements, Conventions and Proceedings
Author: F. ByrdsallThe History of the Loco-foco, Or Equal Rights Party
Author: Fitzwilliam ByrdsallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The History of the Loco-foco
Author: Fitzwilliam ByrdsallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The United States Democratic Review
Author: The United States Magazine and Democratic Review
Author: United States Magazine, and Democratic Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840.
Walt Whitman's Multitudes
Author: Jason StacyPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433103834
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
In the fifteen years before the publication of Leaves of Grass (1855), Walt Whitman constructed three authoritative voices by which he engaged the upheavals endemic to the Industrial Revolution. Through these public personas, found mostly in his journalism, Whitman offered remedies for American artisans who had lost their economic autonomy and status. Instead of attacking broad forces beyond worker control, Whitman blamed artisans for oppressing themselves through the temptations of consumerism and affectation. Walt Whitman's Multitudes places the first edition of Leaves of Grass on par with Whitman's journalism and exposes a writer different from most poetry-directed analyses. In doing so, it traces Whitman's public voice as he wrestled intimately with the debates of his day: conspicuous consumption, nativism, slavery, and, through it all, labor and the status of the new working class.
The Liberty Party, 1840–1848
Author: Reinhard O. JohnsonPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807142638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In early 1840, abolitionists founded the Liberty Party as a political outlet for their antislavery beliefs. A mere eight years later, bolstered by the increasing slavery debate and growing sectional conflict, the party had grown to challenge the two mainstream political factions in many areas. In The Liberty Party, 1840–1848, Reinhard O. Johnson provides the first comprehensive history of this short-lived but important third party, detailing how it helped to bring the antislavery movement to the forefront of American politics and became the central institutional vehicle in the fight against slavery. As the major instrument of antislavery sentiment, the Liberty organization was more than a political party and included not only eligible voters but also disfranchised African Americans and women. Most party members held evangelical beliefs, and as Johnson relates, an intense religiosity permeated most of the group’s activities. He discusses the party’s founding and its national growth through the presidential election of 1844; its struggles to define itself amid serious internal disagreements over philosophy, strategy, and tactics in the ensuing years; and the reasons behind its decline and merger into the Free Soil coalition in 1848. Informative appendices include statewide results for all presidential and gubernatorial elections between 1840 and 1848, the Liberty Party’s 1844 platform, and short biographies of every Liberty member mentioned in the main text. Epic in scope and encyclopedic in detail, The Liberty Party, 1840–1848 is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in nineteenth-century American politics.
The American Review
Author: George Hooker ColtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Rebels and Renegades
Author: Neil A. HamiltonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136763910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Rebels and Renegades examines 350 years of history through the eyes of the uncompromising. Presented in nine clearly written chronological chapters, this comprehensive reference covers the major events and personalities in the history of extremism in the U.S. Besides chronicling the event itself, entries, ranging from 500 to 1000 words, include background information and historic effects. In addition to the chronology, sidebars highlight historical, biographical, cultural, and ethical aspects of the story, tying the past to the present. Topics include the influence of radical idea on the mainstream, the role of violence in radicalism, and the evolving relationship between radicals and the media. An extensive appendix of excerpts, transcripts, and full source documents round out the work. To see the Introduction, a list of detailed contents, a generous selection of sample pages, and more, visit the Rebels and Renegades website.