{"product_id":"9780465024315","title":"To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDemocracy Awakening\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the paradoxical evolution of the Republican Party—founded to give the poor equal opportunity, but too often aligned with the country's elites.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most comprehensive account of the GOP and its competing impulses.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet, despite the egalitarian dream at the heart of its founding, the Republican Party quickly became mired in a fundamental identity crisis. Would it be the party of democratic ideals? Or would it be the party of moneyed interests? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     In the century and a half since, Republicans have vacillated between these two poles, with dire economic, political, and moral repercussions for the entire nation. In \u003ci\u003eTo Make Men Free\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, revealing the insidious cycle of boom and bust that has characterized the Party since its inception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     With each passing decade, with each missed opportunity and political misstep, the schism within the Republican Party has grown wider, pulling the GOP ever further from its founding principles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Expansive and authoritative, \u003ci\u003eTo Make Men Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping history of the Party that was once America's greatest political hope—and, time and time again, has proved its greatest disappointment. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43107769483325,"sku":"9780465024315","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780465024315_p0.jpg?v=1776138322","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780465024315","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}