The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP

Galsworthy, T. (2025) The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP. Reconstruction Reconsidered . University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. ISBN 9781643365084

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Abstract

How the Republican Party transformed from the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Lee The Republican House Divided is the first comprehensive study of the relationships between the Republican Party and Civil War memory in the twentieth century. Tim Galsworthy reveals how rival Republicans deployed Civil War memory to support, oppose, and ultimately shape the GOP's transformation, during the civil rights era, into a racially conservative party. Drawing on extensive archival research, Galsworthy underlines how references to the past were vitally important to Republican Party politicians as they negotiated their party's positions toward African American civil rights and attempted to appeal to erstwhile white Southern Democrats. The Republican House Divided is a timely work, offering insight into how the "Party of Lincoln" started on the road to becoming the GOP of today.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Tim Galsworthy
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2025 12:32
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2025 12:32
URI:	https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1280

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