After Wilson: The Struggle for the Democratic Party, 1920-1934

by Douglas B. Craig

Overview

Craig examines the bitter disputes that shook the Democratic Party in the 1920s and early 1930s and stressed ideological conflicts between conservative and progressive Democrats over economic and social policy. He provides insights into the nature of Democratic dissension during the years after Woodrow Wilson's progressive tenure and thus places the later revolt of conservative Democrats against the New Deal in an ideological and political context.

Originally published in 1992.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807857595
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	05/01/2010
Edition description:	1
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

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From the Publisher

A fundamental re-examination of Democratic party politics in the New Era and the opening years of the New Deal. Thoughtful and well-researched, [the book] stresses a bipolar contest for control, with antistatist corporatists led by the party's conservative nominees . . . ranged against its Bryanite-Progressive wing. . . . Considered in this light, Franklin D. Roosevelt's nomination in 1932 as party leader and the origination of a New Deal become less than inevitable and all the more remarkable.—Elliot A. Rosen, Rutgers University



A significant intervention in the debate about American politics between the two wars. In this stimulating account of Democratic conservatives and their adversaries, Douglas Craig revises our understanding of the partisan crosscurrents of the 1920s and 1930s.—Michael McGerr, Indiana University

Editorial Reviews

Craig (history, Australian National U.) studies this contentious period, examining the ideological conflicts that divided conservative and progressive Democrats. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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