The Big Vote: Gender, Consumer Culture, and the Politics of Exclusion, 1890s-1920s
(Part of the Reconfiguring American Political History Series)
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Low voter turnout is a serious problem in American politics today, but it is not a new one. Its roots lay in the 1920s when, for the first time in nearly a century, a majority of eligible Americans did not bother to cast ballots in a presidential election. Stunned by this civic failure so soon after a world war to "make the world safe for democracy," reforming women and business men launched massive campaigns to "Get Out the Vote." By 1928, they...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801886376
ISBN13:9780801886379
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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