Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics

by Mark Wahlgren Summers

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Much of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real difference on policy. In Party Games, Mark Wahlgren Summers tells the full story and admires much of the political carnival, but he adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying, election-rigging, blackguarding, news suppression, and violence.
Summers also points out that hardball politics and third-party...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807855375

ISBN13:9780807855379

Release Date:April 2004

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

19th Century Elections Elections & Political Process History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political History Political Parties Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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