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Author Milkis, Sidney M.
Title Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the transformation of American democracy / Sidney M. Milkis.
Publication Info. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2009.
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Description xv, 361 p. ; 24 cm.
Series American political thought.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The critical year of 1912 -- Roosevelt, progressive democracy, and the Progressive movement -- The first primary campaign: candidate-centered politics and the battle for the Republican presidential nomination -- "Enthroned on the seat of righteousness": the formation of the National Progressive Party of 1912 -- "The Constitution is a living thing": the Progressive Party and the great campaign of 1912 -- Back to the future: the Progressive Party's legacy for American politics.
Subject Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Progressive Party (1912)
National Progressive Convention.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1909-1913.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
ISBN 9780700616671 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700616675 (cloth : alk. paper)