The Birth of Mass Political Parties —— Michigan, 1827-1861

----- 大众政党的诞生：密歇根州，1827-1861年

ISBN: 9780691620305 出版年：2015 页码：368 Formisano, Ronald P Princeton University Press

The first mass political parties appeared in the united states in the 1830's, as the majority of adult white males identified ardently with the democratic and whig parties. Ronald formisano opens a window on american political culture in this case study of antebellum voting and party formation in michigan. Examining the social bases of voter commitment and the dynamics of grass roots loyalties from jackson to lincoln, he proposes that the forming of parties had little to do with issues of political economy, but rather with value conflicts generated by the evangelicals' promotion of a moral society.