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William Windom : apostle of positive government by Salisbury, Robert Seward. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This is the first book devoted exclusively to the political career of William Windom. It illuminates not only the personal biography of Windom, arguably Minnesota's most influential political figure of the 19th century, but it also casts much light on the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties during the period 1860-1890. Salisbury offers evidence which refutes the traditional view of the Gilded Age that Republicans were the party of big business, characterized by a mediocrity of leadership and permeated by corruption and venality. Rather, Windom and a majority of both parties maintained a consistent stance throughout this period on such questions as the desirability of governmental intervention in the economy, the regulation of private behavior by governmental coercion, and attitudes toward the nation's number of groups which were discriminated against, including women and blacks. An intensive analysis of William Windom's political career-he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years, in the U.S. Senate for twelve years, and was twice appointed Secretary of the Treasury-reveals the post-Civil War era to hold several more nuances than contemporary

Who reads William Windom : apostle of positive government?

Author

Salisbury, Robert Seward.

Publisher

University Press of America, c1993.

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780819189219

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Biography