TY - BOOK AU - Wagner,Heather Lehr TI - The history of the Republican party SN - 0791094170 AV - JK2356 .W25 2007 U1 - 324.2734/09 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Chelsea House KW - Republican Party (U.S.) KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-107) and index; The birth of the Republican Party -- Civil War politics -- The elephant and other symbols -- A progressive era -- Reviving the party -- A more conservative GOP -- The Republican Party today; Horn Book, April 2008; 8.8; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - Chronicles the history and development of the Republican Party since it was founded in the 1850s by a group of men who advocated homesteading, high taxes on imported goods, and limits on the spread of slavery UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006101967.html ER -