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by Herbert Agar. 752 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Herbert Agar

Publisher:

   Houghton Mifflin

Place of Publication:

  Boston  

Publication Year:

  1950
Subjects:   Political Parties--United States, United States--History, United States--Politics And Government
Table of contents
Contents
Preface vii
Introduction xiii
PART ONE: 1763-1850
I. The Nature of the Revolution: 1763-1788 3
II. War and Peace: Prelude to a Federation 25
III. The Constitution, Written and Unwritten 39
IV. The First President 58
V. The Birth of Parties 82
VI. The Failure of the Federalists 92
VII. Mr. Jefferson and His Methods 111
VIII. The Tranny of Circumstance 130
IX. The Frustration of a Foreign Policy 156
X. The One-Part Period 186
XI. The President Without a Party 211
XII. Jackson and the New Type of Presidency 232
XIII. The Jackson Men in Action 251
XIV. The Rise of the Whigs 277
XV. New Alignments and New Passions: 1844 295
XVI. Calhoun and the Meaning of 1850 312
PART TWO: 1850-1909
XVI. The Parties on the Verge of Failure 337
XVIII. The Fruits of Executive Weakness, I (1853-1857) 356
XIX. The Fruits of! Executive Weakness, II (1857-1861) 381
XX. "Preserve, Protect, and Delend" 403
XXI. Lincoln and the "War Powers" 419
XXII. Congress vs. the President 439
XIII. Grant Obeys the Senators 464
XXIV. "Grantism" and Congressional Policy-Making 485
XXV. The Powers of the Presidency Revive 509
XXVI. Civil Service vs. the Stalwarts 527
XXVII. Cleveland, Reform, and Laissez-Faire 541
XXVIII. The Old Order Changes 555
XXIX. Both Parties Sowing the Wind 577
XXX. Agrarian vs. Capitalist 592
XXXI. Hanna, McKinley, and the Transition 614
XXXII. "I Did Greatly Broaden the . . . Executive Power" 628
CONCLUSION
XXXIII. Some Modern Instances, I 655
XXXIV. Some Modern Instances, II 675
XXXV. The Parties and the Union 688
The Constitution 695
Notes 707
Bibliography 717
Acknowledgments 727
Index 729
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