Party of the People: A History of the Democrats Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Party of the People: A History of the Democrats Book

Given the Democratic Party's fundamental role in shaping the United States, a history of the Democrats, "the world's oldest existing party," demands a virtual history of American government. In Jules Witcover's massive Party of the People: A History of the Democrats he attempts to capture the party's long evolution in a single volume. Though Witcover is sometimes burdened by the need to condense complex political events into textbook summaries, the book is authoritative and often useful as a first resource for political history. From the start, Witcover draws from "the two disciplines of contemplative history and contemporary or ?instant' history" to varying degrees of success. Party of the People is best when "instant" history holds sway, most notably in discussions of the Clinton and read more...
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