Beyond Party: Cultures of Antipartisanship in Northern Politics Before the Civil War

by Mark Voss-Hubbard

Book Overview

Captivating disgruntled voters, third parties have often complicated the American political scene. In the years before the Civil War, third-party politics took the form of the Know Nothings, who mistrusted established parties and gave voice to anti-government sentiment.

Originating about 1850 as a nativist fraternal order, the Know Nothing movement soon spread throughout the industrial North. In Beyond Party, Mark Voss-Hubbard draws...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869404
• ISBN13: 9780801869402
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"