Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Presidential Election of 1852 -- 2. The Collapse of the Second Party System -- 3. Nebraska and Nativism -- 4. The Confusion of Fusion -- 5. The Failure of Fusion -- 6. New Issues, New Leaders, New Organizations -- 7. Launching the Republican Party -- 8. The Formation of a National Party Organization -- 9. Spring Breakthrough -- 10. The Nomination of Frémont -- 11. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, Frémont -- 12. The Frémont Campaign -- 13. A Victorious Defeat -- Bibliography -- Statistical Appendix -- Tables -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.