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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784954103321

Autore

Gidlow Liette Patricia

Titolo

The big vote [[electronic resource] ] : gender, consumer culture, and the politics of exclusion, 1890s-1920s / / Liette Gidlow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007, c2004

ISBN

0-8018-9901-X

Edizione

[Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Reconfiguring American political history

Disciplina

324.973/0915

Soggetti

Political participation - United States

Voting - United States

Women - Political activity - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : making dominance -- "Civic slackers" and "poll dodgers" : nonvoting and the construction of discursive dominance -- "A whole fleet of campaigns" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns in overview -- "Vote as you please, but vote!" : the leadership of the get-out-the-vote campaigns -- "Good for at least 100 votes" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns at the local level -- The expert citizen : civic education and the remaking of civic hierarchies -- The methods of Wrigley and Barnum : the get-out-the-vote campaigns and the commodification of political culture -- Conclusion : the new regime.