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

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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, election-rigging, news suppression, and violence.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.
ISBN:0807863750
9780807863756
0807828629
9780807828625
0807855375
9780807855379