Invisible sovereign : imagining public opinion from the revolution to reconstruction /

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"Even today, with sophisticated surveys and computer-produced margins of error, we have trouble gauging the elusive voice we call 'public opinion, ' but no one questions its importance in a democracy. In this insightful new study, Mark G. Schmeller sets out to recreate or approximate...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Schmeller, Mark G., 1967- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Collection:New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
Sujets:
1700-1899
Public opinion > United States > History > 18th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Politics and government
Public opinion
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1877.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1877.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : public opinion and the American political imagination
  • The moral economy of opinion
  • The political economy of opinion
  • Partisan manufactories of public sentiment
  • The importance of having opinion
  • The fatal force of public opinion
  • Irrepressible conflicts, impending crises
  • Conclusion : corn-pone opinion
  • Essay on sources.

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