Party games : getting, keeping, and using power in Gilded Age politics /

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Much of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real difference on policy. Mark Wahlgren Summers tells the story and admires much of the political carnival, but adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying, ele...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Temas:
1800-1900
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political parties > United States > History > 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) > United States > History > 19th century.
Political corruption > United States > History > 19th century.
Corruption (Politique) > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Political corruption
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1900.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1900.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A typical year
  • What else could he have put into h--l?
  • Politics is only war without the bayonets
  • The demon lovers
  • The press of public business
  • The best majority money can buy
  • An eye on the Maine chance
  • Anything, Lord, but Milwaukee! : malapportionment and gerrymandering
  • Purse'n'all influence
  • The (round) house of legislation
  • Class warfare, mainstream-party style
  • The treason of the ineffectuals
  • A little knight music
  • The fix is in
  • Dishing the pops.

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