01844cam a2200325 i 4500 544259153 TxAuBib 20211223120000.0 210312s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781541600621 1541600622 (OCoLC)1241245235 TxAuBib rda Richardson, Heather Cox,. To make men free [Book] : a history of the Republican Party / Heather Cox Richardson. First trade paperback edition. New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2021. 546 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "With an updated afterword"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. The west as a land of promise -- Government of the people, by the people, for the people -- Republicans or radicals? -- Abandoning equality -- Republicans and big business -- Republicans become liberals -- The business of America is business -- Republicans and the New Deal -- A new Republican vision -- The rise of movement conservatism -- Movement conservatives capture the GOP -- The west as an idea. "In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, showing how Republicans' ideological vacillations have had terrible repercussions for minorities, the middle class, and America at large."--Publisher's description. 20211223. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854) History. United States Politics and government. Nonfiction.