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Problems and Progress in American Politics

The Growth of the Democratic Party in the Late 1800s (America's Industrial Society in the Nineteenth Century)

by Jason Porterfield

Cover of Problems and Progress in American Politics

Traces the history of the Democratic Party from its founding by Thomas Jefferson in 1792, to the end of the nineteenth century, focusing on how issues of the day affected the choices of Democratic presidential candidates and campaigns, as well as election results.

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