Battleground 1948 : Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History

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The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation's highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hartley, Robert E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Douglas, Paul H. > (Paul Howard), > 1892-1976
Stevenson, Adlai E. > (Adlai Ewing), > 1900-1965
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972
Douglas, Paul H. > (Paul Howard), > 1892-1976.
Stevenson, Adlai E. > (Adlai Ewing), > 1900-1965.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Presidents > Election.
Politics and government.
Elections.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Élections > Illinois > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Elections > Illinois > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1948.
Democratic Party (Ill.) > History > 20th century.
United States.
Illinois.
Illinois > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation's highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan showdowns-elections that would prove critical in the course of state and national history. In Battleground 1948, Robert E. Hartley offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its consequences, which still reso.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780809332687

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