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...
Основен автор: | Summers, Mark W. 1951- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2004.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=127512 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Party games. |
Резюме: |
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. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages) : illustrations |
Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. |
ISBN: |
0807863750 9780807863756 0807828629 9780807828625 0807855375 9780807855379 |