Party Over Section
Author | : Joel H. Silbey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015078776385 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Party Over Section by : Joel H. Silbey
Download or read book Party Over Section written by Joel H. Silbey and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading political historian of antebellum America examines the hard-fought three-way presidential race of 1848. Reveals how Martin Van Buren and his Free Soil party challenged Whigs and Democrats by making slavery a key issue--representing a harbinger of the change that was to come even though they only garnered 10 percent of the vote.