The Democratic Party: Documents Decoded

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Reference, Government, Political Parties, Democracy
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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Through an examination of key historical documents, this book chronicles the Democratic Party's complete transformation from the small-government, Jeffersonian party to a party of activist government and social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

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Through an examination of key historical documents, this book chronicles the Democratic Party's complete transformation from the small-government, Jeffersonian party to a party of activist government and social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

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