Overview :Holt sees the Civil War as representing a breakdown in America's democratic political process, more specifically the Second Party System of ... Read More
Overview :Because of its extraordinary consequences and because of Abraham Lincoln's place in the American pantheon, the presidential election of 1860... Read More
Overview :With electoral votes disputed in three states, a Democrat winning the popular vote, and the Supreme Court stepping in to overrule Florida co... Read More
Overview :Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous ant... Read More
Overview :How partisan politics lead to the Civil War What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a distur... Read More
Overview :The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming an... Read More