Preface to the 1998 Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents 1
3. Preface to the 1998 Edition 3
4. Preface 9
5. Introduction 19
6. PART 1: LEARNING TO BE DEMOCRATS
7. 1. Partisan Roots 27
8. 2. Learning to Be Americans: Schooling and Political Culture 71
9. 3. A Sense of Party: George Bancroft, Martin Van Buren, and Samuel Cox 108
10. PART II: THINKING AS DEMOCRATS
11. 4. The Revival of Republicanism 143
12. 5. Conservative Naturalism: The Racial Views of Stephen Douglas and the Delaware Bayards 177
13. 6. The Negro Issue: Popular Culture, Racial Attitudes, and Democratic Policy 212
14. PART III: BEHAVING AS DEMOCRATS
15. 7. The Meaning of Elections 261
16. 8. Southern Connections and Party Nationalism 317
17. Conclusion: The Democracy as Imitator and Shaper 353
18. Bibliographic Notes 355
19. Index 361