The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy : : New York as a Test Case /

The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy : : New York as a Test Case / / Lee Benson.

Jacksonian Democracy has become almost a commonplace in American history. But in this penetrating analysis of one state-its voting cycles, party makeup, and social, ethnic, and religious patterns-Lee Benson shows that the concept bears little or no relation to New York history during the Jacksonian...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Benson, Lee,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1961
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1481
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • A Supplementary Note on Method for the Paperback Edition
  • CONTENTS
  • Chapter I. Prom Populism to Egalitarianism
  • CHAPTER II. Antimasonry Goes Political
  • CHAPTER III. "Bank War" and Restoration of the Two- Party System
  • CHAPTER IV. New York Party Leadership, 1834-1844
  • CHAPTER V. Positive versus Negative Liberalism
  • CHAPTER VI. Two Minor "Parties"
  • CHAPTER VII. Class Voting in New York
  • CHAPTER VIII. Ethnocultural Groups and Political Parties
  • CHAPTER IX. Religious Groups and Political Parties
  • CHAPTER X. Who Voted for the Minor "Parties"?
  • CHAPTER XI. Party Programs, Characters, and Images
  • CHAPTER XII. Texas Annexation and New York Public Opinion
  • CHAPTER XIII . Outline for a Theory of American Voting Behavior
  • CHAPTER XIV. Interpreting New York Voting Behavior
  • CHAPTER XV. Jacksonian Democracy-Concept or Fiction ?
  • APPENDICES
  • INDEX

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