The Democratic Party: Documents Decoded
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Reference, Government, Political Parties, Democracy
| Author: | Douglas B. Harris, Lonce H. Bailey | ISBN: | 9781610696449 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | October 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ABC-CLIO | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas B. Harris, Lonce H. Bailey |
| ISBN: | 9781610696449 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | October 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ABC-CLIO |
| Language: | English |
Through an examination of key historical documents, this book chronicles the Democratic Party's complete transformation from the small-government, Jeffersonian party to a party of activist government and social progressivism during the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
• Supplies a chronological history of the Democratic Party over the course of more than two centuries as told in documents
• Covers presidential and party rhetoric ranging from George Washington's 1796 farewell address to Barack Obama's 2013 inaugural address
• Details the transformation of the Democratic Party from a small-government party that supported slavery and segregation to a progressive party that defends civil rights and provided the nation's first African-American president
Through an examination of key historical documents, this book chronicles the Democratic Party's complete transformation from the small-government, Jeffersonian party to a party of activist government and social progressivism during the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
• Supplies a chronological history of the Democratic Party over the course of more than two centuries as told in documents
• Covers presidential and party rhetoric ranging from George Washington's 1796 farewell address to Barack Obama's 2013 inaugural address
• Details the transformation of the Democratic Party from a small-government party that supported slavery and segregation to a progressive party that defends civil rights and provided the nation's first African-American president
