{"product_id":"others-darcy-g-richardson-9780595663972","title":"Others: Third-Party Politics From the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party","description":"This lively and lucidly written history examines the crucial role third parties have played in shaping our nation's destiny, beginning with the Anti-Masonic Party in the 1820s and concluding with the spectacular rise and disappointing collapse of the Greenback-Labor movement in the mid-1880s--a short-lived entity that gave birth to the dramatic Populist movement of the following decade. \u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping historical chronicle, a marvelous mix of history and biography, the author explains in vivid detail how two antebellum third-party movements--the Free Soil and Know-Nothing parties--provided the spark for the phoenix-like ascendancy of the antislavery Republican Party in the 1850s, culminating in Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis copiously rich and brisk narrative also describes how the Know-Nothing Party--the most powerful third-party movement in American history--was ultimately ripped asunder over the issue of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the first of a riveting and powerful four-volume series on independent and third-party politics in U.S. history, Darcy Richardson also examines the remarkable and fascinating men and women who took part in those political movements outside the traditional \"two-party system\" and the extraordinary contributions they made in shaping the course of America's destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darcy G. Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595663974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595663972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 918","brand":"Darcy G. Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946827120895,"sku":"9780595663972","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a8c41250-53df-4caa-b814-93c818b69454.jpg?v=1681515346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/others-darcy-g-richardson-9780595663972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}