Introduction
1. The Party of Lincoln, 1854-1865
2. Republicans and Reconstruction, 1865-1877
3. Republicans in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893
4. McKinley to Roosevelt, 1893-1904
5. The Taft-Roosevelt Split, 1905-1912
6. Republicans during the Wilson Years, 1913-1921
7. The Age of Republican Dominance
8. The Republicans in the Age of the New Deal
9. From "Had Enough" to Modern Republicanism, 1945-1961
10. From Goldwater to Watergate, 1961-1974
11. Republicans in the Reagan Era, 1974-1988
12. From Bush to Gingrich to Bush, 1988-2000
13. Republicans and the George W. Bush Presidency, 2001-2009
Conclusion The Republican Party and Its Future
Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
Lewis L. Gould is Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History at the University of Texas at Austin and currently a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Monmouth College. He is the author of many political history books, including Theodore Roosevelt and The Modern American Presidency.
"With acute insight, Lewis Gould traces the evolution of the GOP
from the party of nationalism and activism in its early years to
the party of limited government and states' rights in the
post-World War II era. He brilliantly demonstrates that the central
constant running throughout that long history is the Republicans'
tendency to view themselves as the legitimate defenders of American
values while demonizing their Democratic opponents as threats to
the
republic itself. This superb book goes a long way toward explaining
the current deranged condition of American politics." --Charles W.
Calhoun, author of From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail
"Lewis Gould's magisterial work takes the reader on an epic journey
from the Republican Party's creation in the white-hot crucible of
national politics in the 1850s to the bitter partisan and
ideological rivalries of the present day. This is not only the best
and most comprehensive study of the Grand Old Party, it is also a
thoughtful, insightful, and often surprising meditation on America
and the unhealed wounds of history." --Geoffrey Kabaservice, author
of
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of
the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
"Think that the idea Washington is broken or that Republicans are
divided is new? Read this book! It is at once judicious, graceful,
shrewd, and sprightly." --Laura Kalman, University of California,
Santa Barbara
Review of original edition: "Gould nimbly portrays the almost
180-degree shifts in GOP policy through the decades, making it
possible to understand how the Republican platform of 2000 could so
closely mirror the Democrats' platform of a century ago. Although
the book gives serious weight to issues such as race, especially in
shaping the party's antebellum origins, greater emphasis is placed
on personalities, especially those of the presidents..... It's
very
instructive to see how recent figures such as Newt Gingrich stand
in relation to their predecessors-and how the current
administration both shares and rejects the party's historical
principles."
--Publishers Weekly
Review of original edition: "Gould, an emeritus University of Texas
at Austin professor, has researched U.S. political parties
throughout his career. He establishes the 1850s context in which
the new party arose, examines Lincoln's wartime policies (including
an activist federal government) that were pursued by the Republican
administrations that dominated the rest of the century, and then
analyzes the Progressive-era debate over regulating industrial
society
in which the GOP shifted to the small-government, low-tax, laissez
faire approach it has now championed for nearly a century. Gould's
political history blends historical disciplines, exploring, for
example, the interaction of demographics and ideology as the
party's vision and tactics have changed over the years." --Booklist
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