The Virgin Vote : How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the Nineteenth Century /

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There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. Drawing on hundreds of diaries and letters of diverse young Americans, this book explores how exuberant young people and scheming party bosses relied on each other from the 1840s to the turn of the twenti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grinspan, Jon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Youth > Political activity.
Politics, Practical.
Politics and government > Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Jeunesse > Activite politique > États-Unis > 19e siecle.
Politics, Practical > United States > History > 19th century.
Youth > Political activity > United States > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siecle > Aspect social.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century > Social aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: democracy out of doors
  • Violent little partisans
  • The generous ambitions of youth
  • My virgin vote
  • The way for a young man to rise
  • Every one is fifty
  • Conclusion: things ain't what they used to be.

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