America at the Ballot Box : : Elections and Political History / / ed. by Gareth Davies, Julian E. Zelizer.
Elections are, and always have been, the lifeblood of American democracy. Often raucous and sharply contentious, sometimes featuring grand debates about the nation's future, and invariably full of dramatic moments, elections offer insight into the character and historical evolution of American...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Culture in Modern America
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. The Devolution of 1800: Jefferson's Election and the Birth of American Government
- 2. The Bombshell of 1844
- 3. Beyond the Realignment Synthesis: Th e 1860 Election Reconsidered
- 4. Markets, Morality, and the Media: The Election of 1884 and the Iconography of Progressivism
- 5. Anglophobia in Nineteenth- Century Elections, Politics, and Diplomacy
- 6. The War and Peace Election of 1916
- 7. Farewell to the "Smoke- Filled Room": Parties, Interests, Public Relations, and the Election of 1924
- 8. The New Deal in 1940: Embattled or Entrenched?
- 9. "Why Don't You Just Get an Actor?": Th e Advent of Television in the 1952 Campaign
- 10. Giving Liberalism a Window: Th e 1964 Election
- 11. The 1980 Election: Victory Without Success
- 12. Beyond the Water's Edge: Foreign Policy and Electoral Politics
- 13. From Corn to Caviar: Th e Evolution of Presidential Election Communications, 1960-2000
- Notes
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Acknowledgments