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THE POLITICS OF PROVINCIALISM: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN TRANSITION 1918-1932
THE POLITICS OF PROVINCIALISM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN TRANSITION 1918-1932 Author:David Burner From the book jacket: "During the Republican predominance of the 1920's, the national Democratic Party transformed itself from an institution largely rural in its orientation and leadership to one that embodied the aspirations of the American city dweller. David Burner shows how the rural Democrats, evoking the spirit of William Jennings Bryan, ... more »fought a strong rear-guard action on the grounds of nativism, prohibition, and fundamental Protestantism. But the hope of the Democrats lay in the increasing political awareness of the immigrant urbanites. When Alfred A. Smith was nominated for President in 1928, the power of the city in the Democratic party was graphically demonstrated. Smith, however, was unable to unite the factions of his party. It remained for Franklin D. Roosevelt, aided by the Great Depression, to rebuild the party and carry it to victory in 1932."
Includes an Acknowledgments page, Table of Contents, Preface, Epilogue, Appendix, Bibliography, and Index.
Table of Contents:
1) Rural Traditions and Urban Encroachments
2) The Wilson Coalition
3) The Divisive Themes
4) The Election of 1924
5) Franklin D. Roosevelt and Party Organization in the Twenties
6) The Congressional Democrats
7) The Brown Derby Campaign
8) The Composition of the 1928 Vote
Epilogue: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Depression
Appendix: Homogeneous Election Districts Used in Voting Samples for Chapter 8« less