To make men free: a history of the Republican Party

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A distinguished American historian traces the paradoxical evolution of the Republican Party—founded to give the poor equal opportunity, but too often aligned with the country's elites. Introduction 1. The Founding: The West as a Land of Promise 2. 1854 3. Republicans and the Slave Power 4. A Republican World View 5. Government of the People 6. Government for the People 7. The Party of Loyalty 8. Government by the People 9. Creating a Free Labor Nation 10. Lincoln's Vision Destroyed 11. Shall Not Perish from the Earth 12. Republicans or Radicals? 13. Corruption and Cowboys: The Republican Party Splits 14. Communism! 15. Republicans and Big Business 16. Equality or Empire? 17. Keeping the Country Republican 18. Making the Depression Work 19. The March of the Flag 20. Republicans Become "Liberals" 21. Roosevelt Stands with Lincoln 22. The Red Scare and Calvin Coolidge 23. The Business of America is Business, 1921-1928 24. The End of an Era 25. Republicans and the New Deal 26. A New Republican Vision 27. The Birth of Movement Conservatism 28. The Second Reconstruction 29. Movement Conservatives Capture the GOP 30. Reagan 31. The Ending: The West as an Idea Conclusion