'Agrarians' and 'Aristocrats'
Party Political Ideology in the United States, 1837–1846

This is a paperback edition of a book originally published in hard covers by the Royal Historical Society.

John Ashworth (Author)

9780521335676, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 March 1987

336 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

'Agrarians and Aristocrats is about the ideology of the Democratic and Whig parties in the decade immediately following the introduction of Van Buren's Independent Treasury Bill … Ashworth demonstrates how sharply different, indeed opposing, the Democratic and Whig ideologies were.' Reviews in American History

This is a paperback edition of a book originally published in hard covers by the Royal Historical Society.

Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Party Ideology: 1. Democrats
2. Whigs
Part II. Factions: 3. 'Agrarians' and 'Aristocrats'
4. The liberal capitalist censensus
Part III. The Role of Ideology: 5. The ethnocultural dimension
6. Sections, parties and ideology
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History of the Americas [HBJK]