
The Republican House Divided
Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP
- 301 pages
- English
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The Republican House Divided
Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP
About this book
How the Republican Party transformed from the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Lee
The Republican House Divided is the first comprehensive study of the relationships between the Republican Party and Civil War memory in the twentieth century. Tim Galsworthy reveals how rival Republicans deployed Civil War memory to support, oppose, and ultimately shape the GOP's transformation, during the civil rights era, into a racially conservative party. Drawing on extensive archival research, Galsworthy underlines how references to the past were vitally important to Republican Party politicians as they negotiated their party's positions toward African American civil rights and attempted to appeal to erstwhile white Southern Democrats. The Republican House Divided is a timely work, offering insight into how the "Party of Lincoln" started on the road to becoming the GOP of today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- The Republican House Divided
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Honoring Lincoln’s Legacy: Republicans Fight the 1960 Election
- CHAPTER 2. Rebel Yells and Emancipation Dues: Republicans Confront the Civil Rights Movement, 1961–1963
- CHAPTER 3. The “De-Lincolnization” of the Republican Party? The 1964 Presidential Election
- CHAPTER 4. Getting Back to Lincoln: Republicanism After Goldwater, 1965–1967
- CHAPTER 5. Lincoln amid the Flames: Republicans and the 1968 Presidential Election
- CHAPTER 6. Spiro Agnew at Stone Mountain: Civil War Memory During the Nixon Era, 1969–1975
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index