TY - BOOK AU - Rutland,Robert Allen TI - The Republicans: from Lincoln to Bush SN - 0826261566 AV - JK2356 .R87 1996eb U1 - 324.2734 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Columbia, Mo. PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) KW - History KW - fast KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Process KW - Political Parties KW - bisacsh KW - Government - U.S KW - hilcc KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Rights - U.S KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - The Republican party has always been fascinating to those who subscribe to its principles, as well as to those who take an alternative stand on the issues. In The Republicans: From Lincoln to Bush, Robert Allen Rutland has brought a clear and concise understanding of this political party to the general reader. The book is a lucid and fast-paced overview of the Republican party from its beginnings in the 1850s through the 1994 congressional elections, which saw the; Democratic domination of the House and Senate come to an abrupt end. In a crisp, highly readable style, Rutland begins by explaining how the "obnoxious" Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 overturned the Missouri Compromise, inflamed the North, and caused the collapse of the Whig and American parties. The result was the birth of the Republican party, whose purpose was to oppose the Democrats and stop the spread of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=46697 ER -