Affairs of Party: The Political Culture of Northern Democrats in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.

by Jean H. Baker

Book Overview

Affairs of party, Jean Baker asserts, were a central feature of public life in nineteenth-century America. In this book she explores the way in which the Northern Democrats of the mid-eighteen hundreds lived their public lives. She begins with a psychobiographical explanation of how people became Democrats, weighing the importance of such influences as education and family life. She then discusses two major elements that set Democrats apart from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823218651
• ISBN13: 9780823218653
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"