The Intellectual Origins of Mass Parties and Mass Schools in the Jacksonian Period

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The Intellectual Origins of Mass Parties and Mass Schools in the Jacksonian Period is written by Julie M. Walsh and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0815333021 (ISBN 10) and 9780815333029 (ISBN 13).

Argues that in the 1830s and 1840s, all three main US political parties, despite their rhetorical differences, maintained consensus about citizenship training through educating children, which produced the first generation of politically passive Americans content to vote loyally for their party and demand little or no input into the formation of its platform. This in turn, is seen as essential for building the type of political party that has endured since. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR