The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party

The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Author: Michael F. Holt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1298
Release: 2003-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199830894

Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events--like the Annexation of Texas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act--rocked the country. Amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, emerging as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession.

Whig Interpretation of History

Whig Interpretation of History
Author: Herbert Butterfield
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1965
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393003185

Five essays on the tendency of modern historians to update other eras and on the need to recapture the concrete life of the past.

A Whig Manifesto

A Whig Manifesto
Author: Chuck Morse
Publisher: Trine Day
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1936296942

The modern Whig movement and, specifically, the Modern Whig Party is a quickly growing third party in America and this book examines its political philosophy. Drawing from the history and traditions of the party—those that animated the public policies and careers of such great American Whigs as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln—this book explains the set of core beliefs that Whigs believe are essential to American governance. It goes on to relate how Whig ideology can be applied to current governmental issues today, touching upon the mortgage crisis, taxes, civil rights, and health care. Making the case for American political and economic nationalism, this manifesto offers insights into a uniquely American philosophy that fostered the most successful and prosperous nation in history.

Whig Banner

Whig Banner
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1844
Genre: Campaign literature, 1844
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