Rum, romanism & rebellion : the making of a president, 1884 /

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Examines one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns in American history. The author suggests that both Democrats and Republicans sensed a political system falling apart, as voters drifted from being affiliated to a specific party to voting according to a candidate's stand on a particular issue.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
Temas:
1881-1885
Presidents > United States > Election > 1884.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Politics and government
Presidents > Election.
Verkiezingen.
Presidenten.
United States > Politics and government > 1881-1885.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1881-1885.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: Judgment Day
  • 1. No Business To-Day Other Than Politics
  • 2. The Dispirit of '76
  • 3. The Bloody Shirt--In Hoc Signo Vinces
  • 4. The Politics of Personality
  • 5. O Temperance, O Mores!
  • 6. The Protection Racket
  • 7. The Democrats Rise from the Dead
  • 8. The Passing of Arthur
  • 9. We Love Him for the Enemies He Has Made
  • 10. The Public Be Crammed!
  • 11. Love's Libels Lost
  • 12. Windypendents' Day
  • 13. Ireland Sold for Gold!
  • 14. Sideshows
  • 15. Carrying the War into Africa
  • 16. Local All Over
  • 17. Clerical Errors
  • 18. Lord! But We Skirted the Edge!
  • 19. Justice at Last!
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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